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Martin de Vries
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Known For
Lost Transport · 2022Lost Transport
★ 4.82022
MovieDramaWar
In the spring of 1945, a train deporting hundreds of Jewish prisoners gets stranded near a small German village occupied by the Red Army. Condemned to each other and in a context of deep mistrust, desperation and revenge, an unexpected friendship emerges between Russian sniper Vera, village girl Winnie and Jewish-Dutch woman Simone.
Ducktators · 1997Ducktators
★ 7.01997
MovieDocumentary
Documentary about WWII propaganda cartoons.
Camino, a Feature-length Selfie · 2019Camino, a Feature-length Selfie
★ 8.02019
MovieDocumentary
"Everything in me said I had to do it." Martin de Vries decides, without any preparation worth mentioning, to walk the Camino, the famous pilgrims’ way to Santiago de Compostela. From Le Puy-en-Velay in central France to north-west Spain; a journey of 1,600 kilometres, taking almost 70 days. He films himself while walking – his feet, his shadow, the path, the fields and woods – and tries to get to the bottom of why he set out on this adventure.
Line of Fire · 2023Line of Fire
★ 6.22023
MovieDrama
The story of Dutch commando Marco Kroon, who, after becoming the first recipient of his country's highest military award in over five decades, finds himself in the crosshairs of the law for alleged drugs and weapons violations.
Ventoux · 2015Ventoux
★ 5.82015
MovieDrama
A group of friends reunite after 30 years to climb the Mont Ventoux again. Memories to a happy youth but also new discoveries from the past. One person is not present at the reunion. Why is that? What happened?
Het steentje van Gisèle · 1997Het steentje van Gisèle
1997
MovieDocumentary
As daughter of an Austrian baroness and a Dutch geologist, Gisèle d'Ailly van Waterschoot van der Gracht (now 84) lived on the move. She has for instance lived in America, Austria, Holland, France and Greece. From her youth she knew she would be a painter. Over the course of the years, she has built up a large and diverse oeuvre inspired by poetry, mythology and the whimsy of nature.