Helmert Woudenberg

Acting

Helmert Woudenberg

Born February 15, 1945 · Elspe, Germany

Died November 23, 2023 · aged 78

Helmert Woudenberg was a Dutch actor, stagedirector and playright. He was one of the founding members of the innovative theatre group Het Werkteater, based in Amsterdam.

Known For

AmsterdamnedAmsterdamned · 1988
Amsterdamned
6.31988
MovieActionHorror
A mysterious diver hiding in Amsterdam's canal system embarks on a rampage of gruesome murders, terrifying city officials and leaving few clues for the city's best detective, who doesn't suspect that both his new girlfriend and twelve-year-old daughter may be closer than he is to finding the killer.
A Hot Summer NightA Hot Summer Night · 1982
A Hot Summer Night
8.01982
MovieComedy
A husband, half of an entertainment duo, the Nellicos, tells his wife, who is the other half of the duo, that he has another woman. But they cannot discuss this as he tells her only just before they are due to perform in front of a large audience. (BFI)
Ellis in GlamourlandEllis in Glamourland · 2004
Ellis in Glamourland
5.32004
MovieDramaComedy
Ellis's life is less fairy-tale-like than she had expected. As a single mother with an ex-husband who spends almost no money on his son, she has to work two jobs. Ellis decides it's time for a change and enrolls in a course called "How to Marry a Millionaire." Together with her fellow students, she goes hunting for rich bachelors. While the other students make shameless attempts to catch a millionaire, Ellis turns out to be a heartbreaker for the lonely millionaire! Everyone tries to impress her in their own way... But who will win Ellis' heart? Will she choose wealth, stability, or passion?
Godforsaken!Godforsaken! · 2003
Godforsaken!
6.22003
MovieThrillerDrama
Two small town Dutch boys whose socially unnatural friendship is so close, they care nothing for human or divine rules and lose all grip on reality, sliding into violent crime.
Secrets of WarSecrets of War · 2014
Secrets of War
6.72014
MovieWarFamily
Tuur and Lambert are best friends. But the war is closing in and is about to change their lives forever. Tuurs dad joined the resistance and even his big brother seems so be part of it. Lamberts family on the other hand choose to obey the Germans. Then a new girls from the city shows up, befriending the boys but telling her secret to only one of them. A choice that separates the boys and ultimately gets her in trouble.
Blue MovieBlue Movie · 1971
Blue Movie
4.91971
MovieDrama
25-year-old Michael has been released from prison after a five-year sentence. He moves into a big apartment block, filled with young women who gladly have sex with him.
VDVD · 1972
VD
5.01972
MovieDrama
Cornelis van Doorn is the CEO of VD, a meat factory as well as a developer of contraceptives. Cornelis is the patriarch of the Van Doorn family: a decadent bunch of loose morals who only lust for money and power. When the man is thinking about retiring, he has to find the right heir to take over the family business.
ZwerfstersZwerfsters · 1989
Zwerfsters
1989
MovieDrama

Movies

AmsterdamnedAmsterdamned · 1988
Amsterdamned
6.31988
MovieActionHorror
A mysterious diver hiding in Amsterdam's canal system embarks on a rampage of gruesome murders, terrifying city officials and leaving few clues for the city's best detective, who doesn't suspect that both his new girlfriend and twelve-year-old daughter may be closer than he is to finding the killer.
A Hot Summer NightA Hot Summer Night · 1982
A Hot Summer Night
8.01982
MovieComedy
A husband, half of an entertainment duo, the Nellicos, tells his wife, who is the other half of the duo, that he has another woman. But they cannot discuss this as he tells her only just before they are due to perform in front of a large audience. (BFI)
Ellis in GlamourlandEllis in Glamourland · 2004
Ellis in Glamourland
5.32004
MovieDramaComedy
Ellis's life is less fairy-tale-like than she had expected. As a single mother with an ex-husband who spends almost no money on his son, she has to work two jobs. Ellis decides it's time for a change and enrolls in a course called "How to Marry a Millionaire." Together with her fellow students, she goes hunting for rich bachelors. While the other students make shameless attempts to catch a millionaire, Ellis turns out to be a heartbreaker for the lonely millionaire! Everyone tries to impress her in their own way... But who will win Ellis' heart? Will she choose wealth, stability, or passion?
Godforsaken!Godforsaken! · 2003
Godforsaken!
6.22003
MovieThrillerDrama
Two small town Dutch boys whose socially unnatural friendship is so close, they care nothing for human or divine rules and lose all grip on reality, sliding into violent crime.
Secrets of WarSecrets of War · 2014
Secrets of War
6.72014
MovieWarFamily
Tuur and Lambert are best friends. But the war is closing in and is about to change their lives forever. Tuurs dad joined the resistance and even his big brother seems so be part of it. Lamberts family on the other hand choose to obey the Germans. Then a new girls from the city shows up, befriending the boys but telling her secret to only one of them. A choice that separates the boys and ultimately gets her in trouble.
Blue MovieBlue Movie · 1971
Blue Movie
4.91971
MovieDrama
25-year-old Michael has been released from prison after a five-year sentence. He moves into a big apartment block, filled with young women who gladly have sex with him.
VDVD · 1972
VD
5.01972
MovieDrama
Cornelis van Doorn is the CEO of VD, a meat factory as well as a developer of contraceptives. Cornelis is the patriarch of the Van Doorn family: a decadent bunch of loose morals who only lust for money and power. When the man is thinking about retiring, he has to find the right heir to take over the family business.
ZwerfstersZwerfsters · 1989
Zwerfsters
1989
MovieDrama
Mens erger je nietMens erger je niet · 1975
Mens erger je niet
4.01975
MovieComedy
Business Is BusinessBusiness Is Business · 1971
Business Is Business
5.61971
MovieComedyDrama
Dutch prostitutes Greta and Nel cruise the Amsterdam red light district, seeking clients to involve in their elaborately staged fetish fantasies, be it disciplinarian headmistresses, surgeons cutting open a willing patient, or even dressing up as chickens, the duo show their expertise in role-playing again and again and again. In reality, Nel is trapped in an abusive marriage and Greta is forever in the middle of their confrontations but her life takes a positive upturn when she becomes involved with a client.
PaidPaid · 2006
Paid
4.02006
MovieActionThriller
Paid is a film noir in the tradition of the French gangster movie. It is a story about underworld characters that have come to regret the choices they have made and now secretly long for a different and more meaningful life. It is also a love story between Paula Gireaux , a 28-year-old Parisian call girl working in Amsterdam and a hit man, Michel Angelo (30) whose hearts are touched when a six-year-old Bolivian boy abruptly enters their lives. The boy changes their fate. He gives them reason to reach for their dreams and to start a whole new life together. But, at the moment Paula and Michel decide to escape the underworld, Paula realizes that her hands are tied to a paid deal she has made with a powerful English narcotics baron, Rudi Dancer (55). The enticing offer Paula could not refuse, turns into the demon that stands in the way of her future with Michel. Eventually, Michel and Paula find their way to freedom but not without paying a high price
Max Havelaar: or, The Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading CompanyMax Havelaar: or, The Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company · 1976
Max Havelaar: or, The Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company
6.41976
MovieDramaHistory
An idealistic Dutch colonial officer posted to Indonesia in the 19th century is cohvinced that he can make the kinds of changes that will actually help the local people he is in charge of, but circumstances soon make him realize just how out of touch he really is, and it doesn't take long for things to go from bad to worse.
Every Day's a HolidayEvery Day's a Holiday · 1976
Every Day's a Holiday
4.31976
MovieComedy
The failed poet Wessel Franken trades his career in poetry for a career as director of a publicity agency.
ToestandenToestanden · 1976
Toestanden
8.01976
MovieDramaDocumentary
"Conditions" - The improvisation-based performance was inspired by psychiatrists such as RD Laing (Family and Madness) and J. Foudraine (Who is of wood). The Werkteater played this performance 'in the den of the lion': in psychiatric institutions for patients and carers. This led to very intensive and adventurous performances in which 'a lot' always happened. Afterwards the discussions sometimes ran high, but even during the performance the audience sometimes mixed themselves in the scenes.
PollekePolleke · 2003
Polleke
7.02003
MovieFamily
Love story in a multicultural society
Happy FamilyHappy Family · 2006
Happy Family
5.62006
MovieComedyRomance
Thijs is a ripe-age Dutch tomato grower. His adult daughters plan to have him move in a skyscraper-flat, leaving home and professional life, but he takes his adolescent (half-)Moroccon grandson Omar's advice to refuse and keep living. Thijs even lets the cheerful rascal coach his love-life, which lands him on a blind date with Jacky, an energetic Flemish woman, who won't take no for an answer but turns up at his door-step till he consents, and soon drags him into evening life, preparing for a dance contest. Soon after Omar turns up, listless and lazier then ever, runaway from school and home. The obvious reason for the horny hound's hanging head is a girl: Mergal is foxy, Turkish and as smitten as he, but her burly big brother Erhan will only allow a boy to go steady with her who has proven himself his better on the field in the traditional manly sport of oil-wrestling. Now Thijs...
Doctor VlimmenDoctor Vlimmen · 1978
Doctor Vlimmen
6.51978
MovieDrama
A veterinarian lives together with his sister and her son in a small village in the Dutch province of North Brabant. He has to cope with gossip and distrust from the villagers.
MatterhornMatterhorn · 2013
Matterhorn
6.12013
MovieDramaComedy
A lonely widower finds himself facing both his devout Calvinist village community and his own deepest regrets when he takes a deranged vagrant into his home.
Dante vs. Mohammed AliDante vs. Mohammed Ali · 2018
Dante vs. Mohammed Ali
4.62018
MovieDrama
When Wolf refuses to fight his best friend Alexander during a weekly boxing match, the whole village turns against him. He tries to convince Alexander to join him leaving the village, but his overly romantic message runs into a wall.
Frank and EvaFrank and Eva · 1973
Frank and Eva
4.91973
MovieRomanceDrama
The story of a man who goes out looking for hamburgers, while he has a beautiful steak at home. Frank and Eva can't live together, but can't live without each other either. Frank has sex with every woman he can get, while Eva wants to start a family.
Whistle-StopWhistle-Stop · 1975
Whistle-Stop
1975
MovieDramaWar
The film is set in a signalman's house during the German occupation. When it turns out that the mother has committed adultery with a German, things start to go downhill for the father. Germans take over his land, and his children fend for themselves.
DakotaDakota · 1974
Dakota
6.91974
MovieDramaAdventure
A Dutch pilot with a real passion for flying risks everything to keep his plane in the air.
Hello Fellow ManHello Fellow Man · 1980
Hello Fellow Man
1980
MovieDramaTV Movie
TV-adaptation of the performance by the Dutch theatre group 'Het Werkteater'. Three ladies of high society invite homeless people, homeless people and junks to spend a pleasant evening with them, in order to promote communication and integration.
In for TreatmentIn for Treatment · 1979
In for Treatment
6.81979
MovieDrama
An unsuspecting flower farmer visits the hospital to discuss some test results, only to find himself admitted without explanation for an indefinite period of further examination and observation.

TV Shows

Flikken MaastrichtFlikken Maastricht · 2007
Flikken Maastricht
7.02007
SeriesCrime
Former Amsterdam police detective Floris Wolfs has been transferred to the police department of the south-Dutch country town Maastricht. His metropolitan experience nicely complements the local expertise of his new country colleagues, who know the folks. Slowly he fits in, while solving countless crimes together with his female partner Eva van Dongen.
BaantjerBaantjer · 1995
Baantjer
6.91995
SeriesCrime
Baantjer is a Dutch television programme which was broadcast by RTL 4 from 6 October 1995 until 1 December 2006 for a total of 123 episodes in 12 seasons. It stars Piet Römer as Jurriaan 'Jurre' de Cock, a police detective, and Victor Reinier as Dick Vledder, his helper. The series is based on the novels of writer A. C. Baantjer. In 1999, RTL 4 broadcast the television film Baantjer, de film: De Cock en de wraak zonder einde because of the tenth anniversary of the network.
Dokter TinusDokter Tinus · 2012
Dokter Tinus
7.32012
SeriesComedyDrama
A successful vascular surgeon is suddenly confronted with a blood phobia, making it impossible for him to exercise his job in the hospital. He moves from the capital to the countryside to work as the GP of a village where he only knows his aunt. His predecessor was well liked, so his new community is less than welcoming. The empathic capabilities of the doctor leaves much to be desired, making it even harder for him to win his place in the close-knit community.
Spoorloos verdwenenSpoorloos verdwenen · 2006
Spoorloos verdwenen
8.02006
SeriesCrimeDrama
A special team searches for missing persons.
Keyzer & De Boer AdvocatenKeyzer & De Boer Advocaten · 2005
Keyzer & De Boer Advocaten
9.02005
SeriesDrama