Jan de Hartog

Writing

Jan de Hartog

Born April 22, 1914 · Haarlem

Died September 22, 2002 · aged 88

Jan de Hartog (1914 – 2002) was a Dutch playwright, novelist and occasional social critic. When the lead actor of the film adaptation of 'Ergens in Nederland' was mobilized and unable to perform, De Hartog stepped in and played the lead as well. In the early 1960s he moved to the United States and became a Quaker.

Known For

The Spiral RoadThe Spiral Road · 1962
The Spiral Road
5.51962
MovieAdventureDrama
A selfish and prideful young Dutch doctor, through a series of circumstances, comes to learn that he does indeed "need" a higher spiritual being and other people.
The KeyThe Key · 1958
The Key
6.11958
MovieDramaRomance
In wartime England, circa 1941, poorly-armed tugs are sent into "U-Boat Alley" to rescue damaged Allied ships. An American named David Ross arrives to captain one of these tugs. He's given a key by a fellow tugboat-man -- a key to an apartment and its pretty female resident. Should something happen to the friend, Ross can use the key.
I Do! I Do!I Do! I Do! · 1983
I Do! I Do!
7.01983
MovieMusicTV Movie
Adaptation of the award-winning stage musical. The story takes place entirely in a bedroom dominated by a couple's four poster bed, taking them through fifty years of marriage, through happiness and sorrow, through good times and bad, through childbirth, parenthood, and the eventual sadness from the absence of their children. In the end, they face the future together, while remembering their past.
The Four PosterThe Four Poster · 1952
The Four Poster
5.91952
MovieComedyDrama
In turn-of-the-century New York, the marriage of John and Abby Edwards unfolds over the years.
The InspectorThe Inspector · 1962
The Inspector
7.11962
MovieDramaRomance
At the end of WW2, a compassionate Dutch policeman helps smuggle a Jewish woman into British Palestine.
Das RiesenradDas Riesenrad · 1961
Das Riesenrad
6.71961
MovieDrama
The story of a marriage over time, based on a play by Jan de Hartog. Maria Schell and O. W. Fischer play an aristocratic Austrian couple who meet during the imperial era and experience the first five decades of the 20th century together: temptations and transgressions, world wars, economic crisis, the death of their son in the war. They experience good times and bad times and always remain cheerful, just as the Ferris wheel in Vienna's Prater continues to turn.
The FourposterThe Fourposter · 1955
The Fourposter
10.01955
MovieTV MovieDrama
The story takes place entirely in a bedroom dominated by a couple's four-poster bed, taking them through fifty years of marriage, through happiness and sorrow, through good times and bad, through childbirth, parenthood, and the eventual sadness from the absence of their children. In the end, they face the future together, while remembering their past.
The Little ArkThe Little Ark · 1972
The Little Ark
6.21972
MovieFamilyAdventure
This heart-rending family-oriented drama chronicles the adventure of two Dutch children who temporarily lose their father and mother during the great flood of 1953. Fortunately, they and their animals are taken in by a salty old boatman who helps them reunite with their father.

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