Directing

Jan Vrijman

Died May 30, 1997

Jan Vrijman was born on 12 February 1925 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. He was a producer and director, known for The Reality of Karel Appel (1962), De vijanden (1968) and White Madness (1984). He died on 30 May 1997 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

Known For

The House

The House · 1961

As a house is demolished, flashbacks are shown of the lives of the people who lived in it.

The Enemies

The Enemies · 1968

In the freezing winter of 1944, the devastating Battle of the Bulge rages across Belgium. Amid the chaos, an American soldier separated from his unit crosses paths with Richard, a cynical young Belgian boy, and Willy, a wounded German soldier they take as a prisoner.Stranded in a desolate, snowy landscape where survival overrides military allegiance, the three mismatched individuals form a fragile, surreal bond. As they trudge through the war-torn countryside, their basic survival instincts push political ideologies aside.

White Madness

White Madness · 1984

The toxic, suffocating relationship between a dominant mother and her estranged son, Lazlo. Lazlo lives a reclusive life in a squat, spending his time painting taxidermied animals and using heroin. When his mother is involved in a serious accident and calls for him, he is forced to confront the world he tried to leave behind, leading to a grim collision between her delusions of control and his self-destructive addiction.

The Reality of Karel Appel

The Reality of Karel Appel · 1962

The Reality of Karel Appel

MovieDocumentary

Documentary about the work and the unconventional approach of the painter Karel Appel. The film shows him flinging vast amounts of paint onto the canvas, resulting in dynamic paintings showing an overful, raging, run-away world. In 1962 awarded with a Golden Bear at the Berlinale. (filmcommission.nl)

Het wonder van Anne Frank

Het wonder van Anne Frank · 1959

Het wonder van Anne Frank

MovieDocumentaryTV Movie

Short documentary about the making of and the worldwide reactions to The Secret Annex, Anne Frank's diary in book form.

On the Bottom of Heaven

On the Bottom of Heaven · 1965

On the Bottom of Heaven

MovieDocumentary

Documentary filmmaker Jan Vrijman pieces together four portraits of exceptional — and eccentric — Dutchmen, offering a vision of the Netherlands in the 1960s like you’ve never seen before. The result is both endearing, moving, astonishing and hilarious.

A Gangstergirl

A Gangstergirl · 1966

MovieDramaThriller

A successful young writer is in search of his true destiny. Is it the life with his wife and typewriter in Amsterdam or the offers to go to the dreamworld of the Italian film city Cinecittà which is luring him? Trying to find this out he goes into retreat in the house of a befriended gay couple in the south of France.

Filmography

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The House

The House · 1961

As a house is demolished, flashbacks are shown of the lives of the people who lived in it.

Scenario Writer

The Enemies

The Enemies · 1968

In the freezing winter of 1944, the devastating Battle of the Bulge rages across Belgium. Amid the chaos, an American soldier separated from his unit crosses paths with Richard, a cynical young Belgian boy, and Willy, a wounded German soldier they take as a prisoner.Stranded in a desolate, snowy landscape where survival overrides military allegiance, the three mismatched individuals form a fragile, surreal bond. As they trudge through the war-torn countryside, their basic survival instincts push political ideologies aside.

Producer

White Madness

White Madness · 1984

The toxic, suffocating relationship between a dominant mother and her estranged son, Lazlo. Lazlo lives a reclusive life in a squat, spending his time painting taxidermied animals and using heroin. When his mother is involved in a serious accident and calls for him, he is forced to confront the world he tried to leave behind, leading to a grim collision between her delusions of control and his self-destructive addiction.

Producer

The Reality of Karel Appel

The Reality of Karel Appel · 1962

The Reality of Karel Appel

MovieDocumentary

Documentary about the work and the unconventional approach of the painter Karel Appel. The film shows him flinging vast amounts of paint onto the canvas, resulting in dynamic paintings showing an overful, raging, run-away world. In 1962 awarded with a Golden Bear at the Berlinale. (filmcommission.nl)

Director

Het wonder van Anne Frank

Het wonder van Anne Frank · 1959

Het wonder van Anne Frank

MovieDocumentaryTV Movie

Short documentary about the making of and the worldwide reactions to The Secret Annex, Anne Frank's diary in book form.

Director

On the Bottom of Heaven

On the Bottom of Heaven · 1965

On the Bottom of Heaven

MovieDocumentary

Documentary filmmaker Jan Vrijman pieces together four portraits of exceptional — and eccentric — Dutchmen, offering a vision of the Netherlands in the 1960s like you’ve never seen before. The result is both endearing, moving, astonishing and hilarious.

Director

A Gangstergirl

A Gangstergirl · 1966

MovieDramaThriller

A successful young writer is in search of his true destiny. Is it the life with his wife and typewriter in Amsterdam or the offers to go to the dreamworld of the Italian film city Cinecittà which is luring him? Trying to find this out he goes into retreat in the house of a befriended gay couple in the south of France.

Producer