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 Road · 1962The 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 Key · 1958The 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! · 1983I 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 Poster · 1952The Four Poster
★ 5.91952
MovieComedyDrama
In turn-of-the-century New York, the marriage of John and Abby Edwards unfolds over the years.
The Inspector · 1962The Inspector
★ 7.11962
MovieDramaRomance
At the end of WW2, a compassionate Dutch policeman helps smuggle a Jewish woman into British Palestine.
Das Riesenrad · 1961Das 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 Fourposter · 1955The 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 Ark · 1972The 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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