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Wim Kan

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Wim Kan

Born January 15, 1911 · Scheveningen, Netherlands

Died September 8, 1983 · aged 72

Willem Cornelis ‘Wim’ Kan (1911-1983) was a Dutch cabaret artist and actor. Together with Toon Hermans and Wim Sonneveld he is considered one of the ‘Big Three’ of Dutch cabaret. He is best known as the originator of the "Oudejaarsconference” (New Year’s Conference) — an annual Dutch tradition of political cabaret performances on New Year's Eve, discussing the events of the past year.

Known For

KermisgastenKermisgasten · 1936
Kermisgasten
★ 8.01936
MovieComedyMusic
Circus artists Jan and Annie are in possession of jewels that were - unbeknownst to them - stolen from the famous Jolly Sisters. Mistaking them for the thieves, two bumbling detectives infiltrate the Dutch theatre-life.
Tomorrow It Will Be BetterTomorrow It Will Be Better · 1939
Tomorrow It Will Be Better
★ 7.01939
MovieComedyRomance
Still coming to terms with the death of her mother, Willy Verhulst loses her father as well -- just as she is about to sit her final exams. She manages to pass, and as she is trying to find a job she remembers a young man she met in the hospital. The boy, Herder, works for a radio station and gives her a job as a secretary.
PygmalionPygmalion · 1937
Pygmalion
★ 7.31937
MovieComedy
When linguistics professor Henry Higgins boasts that he can pass off Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle as a princess with only six months' training, Colonel George Pickering takes him up on the bet. Eliza moves into Higgins's home and begins her rigorous training after the professor comes to a financial agreement with her dustman father, Alfred. But the plucky young woman is not the only one undergoing a transformation.
In een OmmezienIn een Ommezien · 1984
In een Ommezien
★ 8.01984
MovieComedy
TV registration of Wim Kan's 1981 Dutch comedy show called 'In een Ommezien' (broadcast in 1984, a year after his death).

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