Peter Faber
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Peter Faber is best known for being a German/Dutch stage, television and film actor.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Schwarzenbach an der Saale, Germany
Adult: No
Birthday: October 09, 1943
Age: 81 years old
Gender: Male
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Soldier of Orange
Overview: The lives of Erik Lanshof and five of his closest friends take different paths when the German army invades the Netherlands in 1940: fight and resistance, fear and resignation, collaboration and high treason.
Genres: Drama Thriller War
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1977-09-22
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Ciske the Rat
Overview: Lovable Amsterdam street urchin, 11 year old Ciske is nevertheless much in need of love as the Dutch 1984 title suggests. He is a scamp with a heart of gold. He causes havoc in the classroom pouring ink over his teacher yet when a polio-crippled boy joins the class Ciske is one of the only children to befriend him and is bullied as a result. His mother works in a bar and Ciske helps out often late into the night - his father is at sea and his mother supplements her income with prostitution. Ciske is also a very angry young man and he smoulders with rage at life's injustices.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1984-03-29
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K3: The Ice Princess
Overview: One day Karen, Kristel and Kathleen receive an invitation from a king and queen from a distant fairytale kingdom. They ask if they want to sing on their daughter's birthday. But the princess behaves like a spoiled brat, because an evil wizard placed a curse on her, freezing her heart in the process. In an exciting race against time, K3 try to solve the mystery surrounding the little princess. But this turns out not to be as easy as they thought. Because even though they encounter all kinds of well-known fairytale characters, they do not receive any help. Will the brave singers manage to lift the curse?
Genres: Family Fantasy Adventure Music
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2006-07-19
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A Bridge Too Far
Overview: The story of Operation Market Garden—a failed attempt by the allies in the latter stages of WWII to end the war quickly by securing three bridges in Holland allowing access over the Rhine into Germany. A combination of poor allied intelligence and the presence of two crack German panzer divisions meant that the final part of this operation (the bridge in Arnhem over the Rhine) was doomed to failure.
Genres: Drama History War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-06-15
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Het Werkteater 1970-1985
Overview: Documentary about the Dutch theatregroup the Werktheater. The aim of the company was to create socially relevant theater by means of cooperative processes and improvisation. They often played their performances on location, such as in hospitals, prisons, healthcare institutions and schools. In this documentary, those involved are interviewed about this remarkable theater group.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1997-09-08
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Kattengat 10
Overview: Documentairy about the progressive theatre group 'Het Werkteater' at their home base on Kattengat 10 in Amsterdam.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1975-04-20
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M.A.N. Met Andere Normen
Overview: Olga van Walraeven en Jeanine van der Schathuyzen zijn een rijk en uiterst succesvol modeduo. Hun lingerie wordt over de hele wereld verkocht, geen glamourblad komt uit zonder Olga en Jeanine op de cover en jonge, knappe minnaars staan in de rij om hun jet-set leventje met ze te delen. Maar niet alles is rozengeur en maneschijn. Wanneer hun grote concurrent op slinkse wijze de ontwerpen van hun nieuwe collectie steelt, komt hun bedrijf in zware problemen. De dames gooien alle principes overboord om hun luxe leventje te behouden. List, bedrog of moord, alles is geoorloofd om maar niet af te glijden naar een modaal burgerlijk bestaan.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-10-15
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Doctor Vlimmen
Overview: A veterinarian lives together with his sister and her son in a small village in the Dutch province of North Brabant. He has to cope with gossip and distrust from the villagers.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1977-02-23
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A Woman Like Eve
Overview: A devoted yet stressed out housewife takes a holiday to relax, and falls in love with another woman: a guitar-playing hippie who lives in a commune.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1979-01-25
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The Mark of the Beast
Overview: In 1928 in the northern part of the Netherlands, a man has an affair with the wife of one of his friends (who is in jail at the time). Because she abandons her children to move in with him, the police are sent to arrest her. This leads to a dramatic confrontation.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1980-09-25
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The Generous Lover
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Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1990-07-06
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New Kids Nitro
Overview: Gerrie, Richard, Rikkert, Robbie and Barry from Maaskantje are in a big fight with the village of Schijndel. When a zombie kills someone from Brabant, things get out of hand.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2011-12-07
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Going Home
Overview: Johan Ten Berghe joins the Dutch army when the Dutch East Indies unilaterally declare independence as Indonesia. He initiates his naive driver Twan in life in the East, having grown up there as son of colonial official Hendrik, now missing. Their adventures intertwine with Johan's childhood memories, especially concerning his native best friend, Oeroeg, who joined the rebellion, as well as their nanny and later de facto stepmother. Conflicting loyalties become tangible in extreme situations
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1993-06-10
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The Merman
Overview: Tony is really handsome, but he smells. A scientist gives him a potion that should get rid of his fishy smell. Unfortunately, there are some serious side effects.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1996-10-10
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Mag ik je aanraken?
Overview: How do Dutch actors in the post-#MeToo era look back at intimate scenes and what do they think about the arrival of the intimacy coordinator? From her experience as an actress and filmmaker, Tamar van den Dop talks to several past and present icons.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2023-09-25
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The Wrestler
Overview: A worried father tries to end the relationship that his son Andries has with the wife of a wrestler.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1971-01-01
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Sint & Diego and the Magical Fountain of Myra
Overview: How the helpers of Sinterklaas are able to do their tricks and get into every house is one of the magical powers of Sinterklaas' Book. But when the book loses it's power, it becomes impossible to to fulfill their duties on December 5. To prevent that from happening, Piet Diego and his Elite team embark on an adventure. Quite a big adventure, because the only place to recover the much needed powers is a magical source in Myra - the birthplace of Sinterklaas!
Genres: Family
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2012-10-09
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Paul Chevrolet and the Ultimate Hallucination
Overview: The actual life and the fiction created by a successful pulp author begin to blend together.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1985-10-31
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Chez Nous
Overview: Chez Nous is a feel good comedy and the name of a gay cafe in the heart of Amsterdam that is on the brink of being closed.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-10-02
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Een zaak van leven of dood
Overview: When Eva no longer finds satisfaction in her relationship with Hans, her phobias reappear. Through Hans' former colleague Jack she learns to deal with her fears, the hard way.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1983-04-14
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Girl in the Window
Overview: A romantic drama partially set in Amsterdam, this standard tale starts out in a mining area in Holland where conditions are about as rough as they get. Two of the miners, Italians Federico and Vincenzo take off together for the city's red-light district, where the women pose in windows for prospective customers. There the duo meet Else and Carrel who are willing to leave their windows to spend a weekend at a resort with the two men. Soon Else has fallen in love with Vincenzo and the future of the two hookers, as well as the miners, seems to look brighter.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1961-04-14
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Dans met de Duivel
Overview: A man must turn a woman into a murderer while escaping his own troubled soul.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-02-28
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Darlings!
Overview: A peaceful family-life is suddenly disturbed when the children enter puberty. The children take over the house and disrupt the lives of their parents.
Genres: Comedy Thriller
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1984-02-08
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Claustrofobia
Overview: When Eva opens her eyes a young girl finds herself chained terrified for being abused. Her fears become reality in a way no one could ever imagine.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2011-05-24
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Sinterklaas & Diego: Het Geheim van de Ring
Overview: Dutch children’s friend Saint Nicholas is at his wit's end. The letters from children are stacking up and the list of gifts just keeps getting longer. How is he supposed to deliver all those gifts to all those sweet little children in one night? When Diego proposes to ask good old Santa for help, they travel to the North Pole, together with Clumsy Pete and children Max and Anna. Everything seems to work out fine, until Famke and Yvette, two escaped convicts, mess things up. Will Saint Nicolas and his Petes be able to save the feast of St. Nicholas?
Genres: Family Adventure Thriller
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2014-10-08
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Rattle Rat
Overview: A rich Frisian farmer has been murdered in Amsterdam and police duo Grijpstra & De Gier are sent to investigate. Adjutant Grijpstra has problems at home again and is happy to leave for Friesland to investigate the murder. Sgt. De Gier finds the Frisian Hylke much more interesting than the murder case. In Leeuwarden there is a real Chinese war and a brutal robbery at the cattle market. Suddenly there is that friendly rattling, asthmatic rat who provides an unexpected solution.
Genres: Crime Action Drama Thriller Comedy
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1987-02-05
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Hitting the Fan!
Overview: When a wife and mother of two finds out her husband has an affair, she tries to make his life a living hell. The sequel to Dutch move hit Schatjes!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1986-03-20
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The Cool Lakes of Death
Overview: Hedwig, a young wealthy woman growing up in the straight-jacket of bourgeois morality in the Victorian era, descends into madness after years of sexual repression and tragedy.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1982-09-30
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Every Day's a Holiday
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1976-04-14
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Camping
Overview: Happiness and sadness, joy and sorrow at the campsite. Secret letters, hysteria, bullying, hippie romanticism, betrayal and fading love.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1978-08-17
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De Proefkonijnen
Overview: The men of Chemics International lead a quiet life. However, this is cruelly disrupted by an industrial accident in which a toxic substance is released. Some workers are killed; many others are irrevocably contaminated and may suffer permanent injuries. The management, government, press and unions do not react, seeing this as an unfortunate incident. When one of Herman and Jef's best friends also dies, they have had enough. Together they made an ultimate attempt to reveal the truth to the outside world.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1979-12-01
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The Dirty Dutch
Overview: Four teenagers decide to spend their summer holiday on a camping at the beach. Officially to disseminate ashes of a grandfather, but foremost to finally get laid.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2016-07-07
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The Last Train
Overview: The film is set in a signalman's house during the German occupation. When it turns out that the mother has committed adultery with a German, things start to go downhill for the father. Germans take over his land, and his children fend for themselves.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1975-09-04
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Exit 7
Overview: A 40-year-old architect begins to doubt his role as a father in a world sliding into decadence. When he meets a young Polish girl he runs off with her to Rhodes. His psycho-moralistic angst is presented in a series of flashbacks when the hijack of his airplane forces him to take stock of his life.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1978-01-01
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My Father Lives in Rio
Overview: Liesje’s parents are divorced. She lives in a nice house with her mother and grandpa. Liesje writes letters to her father who lives in Rio de Janeiro. At least, that’s what her mother has told her. After Liesje’s grandpa passes away, she begins to miss her father more and more. She decides to go visit him in Rio. To get money for the flight, she sells the stamp collection she was given by her grandpa. Without her mother knowing, she boards the plane to Brazil alone – but then she finds out the truth about her father.
Genres: Family
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1989-03-05
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Max Havelaar
Overview: An idealistic Dutch colonial officer posted to Indonesia in the 19th century is cohvinced that he can make the kinds of changes that will actually help the local people he is in charge of, but circumstances soon make him realize just how out of touch he really is, and it doesn't take long for things to go from bad to worse.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1976-09-09
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Te gek om los te lopen
Overview: Patients in a psychiatric clinic are placed in a special home in the city, where they have access to the outside world. Another change to their previous situation is the fact that two female patients come to live with them.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-03-12
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Taal is zeg maar echt mijn ding
Overview: Just when Anne is about to hand in her notice, she is offered the opportunity to conduct an amazing series of interviews for a prestigious magazine. This might just be the perfect chance to further her career, and working with the handsome, rough, intriguing and unattainable photographer Rick sure is a bonus...
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2018-01-18
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My Friend, or The Hidden Life of Jules Depraeter
Overview: Based on a true story. A treasure is discovered in the trunk of a car, with far-reaching implications.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1979-04-04
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Redbad
Overview: In the year of 754 AD, during a time of epic battles and bloodshed, the legend of the pagan warrior king, Rebad, is born, but so is a new weapon against his people: Christianity. Redbad must ultimately unite a Viking army powerful enough to defeat the seemingly invincible Franks.
Genres: Adventure History War Drama
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2018-06-28
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Charlotte
Overview: In 1939, Charlotte Salomon leaves Berlin to seek refuge at her grandparents' villa in the south of France. A little later, war breaks out, and Charlotte must, besides forgetting all she left behind, deal with her grandmother's depression, and her mother's suicide. To fight despair, Charlotte starts to paint, producing over one thousand images. "Is my life real, or is it theater?" This is the title she gives her body of work, which highlights her former life in Berlin. She finds herself though her art, but in 1943 is deported to Germany and Auschwitz.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-02-26
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Family Fox on Expedition
Overview: During the annual family weekend in theme park "De Efteling", eleven-year-old Teun discovers that his recently deceased grandfather left him one last scavenger hunt inside the park.
Genres: Adventure Family
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2020-12-16
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Katie Tippel
Overview: In the late 19th century, a young woman moves to Amsterdam with her family and tries to make a living. Preyed upon by various men, she nonetheless rises in society.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1975-03-06
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Red Sien
Overview: After her mother -- a prostitute -- is murdered by her father, Sien is raised by her grandparents. Instead of a bourgeois life with grocer's son Gerrit van Buren, she chooses for an adventurous life with toutman Jan Meier. She follows him and becomes a revue artist in an Amsterdam cabaret, until her father comes to see her...
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1975-03-27
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Baantjer, de film: De Cock en de wraak zonder einde
Overview: When ex-colleague Peter de Beer is killed, detective De Cock is facing the ultimate challenge. Peter’s daughter Michaelle, a witness of the murder, is in shock and cannot help De Cock. But, does the killer also know this? Out of precaution De Cock takes the little crown witness under his wings. To his regrets he concludes that his past pursues him. The trail is leading to a couple of old-India travelers. These old but very tough men already prevented him to solve a murder case years ago. Also this time they try whatever is in their power to keep the murder covered up.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1999-10-01
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Heading for England
Overview: A man from the province looks back on his graduation year, some teachers, the parental home and especially his father.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1992-10-01
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Toy
Overview: An short anti-cruise missile film created in collaboration with a group of filmmakers.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1984-01-01
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Mysteries
Overview: In the winter of 1891 a stranger arrives in a small coastal town on the Isle of Man. His presence soon disturbs the lives of the local inhabitants, especially the beautiful daughter of the parson.
Genres: Mystery Drama
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1978-09-07
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Piet Piraat: The Sword Of Silver Tooth
Overview: After a heavy storm, the grumpy Captain Eksteroog ends up on an uninhabited island. To spare the time, he decides to search for a treasure that his arch-enemy Zilvertand once buried there. Captain Eksteroog soon notices that he is not alone. Reus, a big guy of two meters and five children with their dog Smikkel have also ended up on the island. Captain Eksteroog and Reus capture dog Smikkel and force the children to search for the treasure. Meanwhile, Piet, Berend, Stien and Steven discover an island that is not on any of their maps. They go on an investigation and end up on the same island where Captain Eksteroog's resides! When they find the children there, they decide to help them find the treasure. But what if they find it and Captain Eksteroog still won't let them leave?
Genres: Family Adventure Fantasy Comedy
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2008-12-10
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