Charles Janssens

Acting

Charles Janssens

Born June 8, 1906 · Borgerhout, Flanders, Belgium

Died August 23, 1986 · aged 80

Charles Janssens (8 June 1906 – 23 August 1986) was a Belgian film actor. He became known for his comic roles in films made with Edith Kiel and Jef Bruyninckx.

Known For

Burned BridgesBurned Bridges · 1977
Burned Bridges
5.31977
MovieDrama
In the Belgian hamlet of Verbrande Brug, former lovers Monique and Louis reconnect at a carnival, stirring up drama with their current partners.
Antwerp Through and ThroughAntwerp Through and Through · 1953
Antwerp Through and Through
9.01953
MovieComedy
Smugglers try to ship their products via Pol Knol, a trader in medical products. Due to circumstances, the package remains on Mr Knol's desk. The smugglers think that Pol has deliberately withheld it. They come to pay him a "visit."
MiraMira · 1971
Mira
5.31971
MovieDrama
The story of a small and conservative West-Flemish village opposing the construction of a bridge over the Scheldt.
The MockingbirdThe Mockingbird · 1954
The Mockingbird
10.01954
MovieComedy
Folk comedy about a market vendor who happens to have a double who's a doctor causing the necessary confusion.
The Bargee DistrictThe Bargee District · 1953
The Bargee District
7.41953
MovieComedy
In the heart of the Schipperskwartier, a grocery store and a café sit side by side, run by two inseparable friends, Jef and Rik. Rik, a widower, has three spirited children who can only be kept in line by Anneke, the ever-patient housekeeper. Wanting to see his friend happily remarried, Jef places an ad in the newspaper seeking potential brides. Two women respond, but Rik refuses to meet them himself. Undeterred, Jef takes it upon himself to investigate…
Bachelor with 40 childrenBachelor with 40 children · 1958
Bachelor with 40 children
8.01958
MovieComedy
Isidoor lives with his niece and a housekeeper in a little provincial town. One day he receives a letter: he is to be the heir of a distant and wealthy relative. There is only one condition: he has to go and live for a year in "Home lux et vita", otherwise he will loose his inheritance. The home is a home for abandoned children and now this bachelor becomes the father to 40 children...
Long Live the Duke!Long Live the Duke! · 1960
Long Live the Duke!
8.01960
MovieComedy
A Belgian village is struck by repeated flooding, all this because they lack a new sewer. But the Ministry delays in providing the funding needed to build it. To alert public opinion, the villagers decide to do something. This "something" will be a play describing the life of their saint patron. Trouble follows, partly fueled by the short-tempered mayor.
Min of meerMin of meer · 1955
Min of meer
8.01955
MovieComedy
Folk comedy about a conflict between a village priest and the major.

Filmography

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Kasper in the UnderworldKasper in the Underworld · 1979
Kasper in the Underworld
5.81979
MovieDrama
In this atmospheric psychological drama by Jef van der Heyden, concert pianist Kasper Bertheim lives under psychiatric care in Geel, haunted by the memory of a woman he believes has vanished into the underworld. After witnessing a funeral, he leaves his foster home and wanders through a surreal cityscape that seems suspended between life and death. Along the way, he encounters workers, drifters, priests and other outsiders who guide him deeper into his obsessive search. Adapted from a novel by Hubert Lampo, the film blends psychological drama with magical realism, creating an ambiguous world where madness, grief and imagination merge, and where it remains uncertain whether Kasper’s visions are delusions or glimpses of another reality.

Simon

The Arrival of Joachim StillerThe Arrival of Joachim Stiller · 1976
The Arrival of Joachim Stiller
6.51976
MovieMystery
An Antwerp journalist finds his daily life increasingly disrupted by unexplained phenomena, such as an authentic letter from 1919 that refers to an event taking place at a much later date. Because these disturbances are consistently linked to the name “Joachim Stiller,” the journalist becomes obsessed with it. The resolution, which is closely tied to his traumatic experiences from the Second World War, takes place with a psychiatrist—and later at an abandoned railway station in an Antwerp suburb. Interwoven with this is a subplot about an Antwerp art dealer who believes he can become rich through a new form of painting. To achieve this, he takes a mentally disabled artist hostage. The narrative also follows various romantic entanglements involving the journalist, which ultimately lead to his happy experience of fatherhood.

Siegfried