Directing
Pieter Verhoeff
Born February 4, 1938 · Lemmer, Netherlands (age 88)
No biography available.
Known For
Private Ground · 2014Private Ground
2014
MovieDocumentary
Documentary about the delicate balance between private and public life in the Heerma van Voss literary family.
The Sunday Child · 1992The Sunday Child
★ 10.01992
MovieDrama
The Letter for the King · 2008The Letter for the King
★ 5.92008
MovieFamilyAdventure
Young Tiuri has to pass the final test before before being knighted by king Dagonaut. He has to pass a night in the chapel, what is suddenly disturbed by a strangers request of help. With his decision to help the stranger, Tiuri abandons his given task and starts into an adventure, that will shape the destiny of Dagonaut. On his journey he learns about the true meaning of love, friendship, courage and loyalty.
The Dress · 1996The Dress
★ 6.21996
MovieComedyDrama
The story of a summer dress and those who have to do with it, especially the train conductor (played by van Warmerdam, the director). The dress functions as catalyst for the whimsical events, which turns out to be either tragic or hilarious.
Echt Herman Koch · 2017Echt Herman Koch
2017
MovieDocumentary
A portrait about the Dutch writer Herman Koch. Koch started his career with the popular TV-show 'Jiskefet' and went on to become the best selling and most translated writer from the Netherlands
The Mark of the Beast · 1980The Mark of the Beast
★ 5.21980
MovieHistoryDrama
In 1928 in the northern part of the Netherlands, a man has an affair with the wife of one of his friends (who is in jail at the time). Because she abandons her children to move in with him, the police are sent to arrest her. This leads to a dramatic confrontation.
The Dream · 1985The Dream
★ 6.51985
MovieDramaHistory
On the turn of the 20th century, in Netherlands, three socialist activists and brothers are imprisoned for a crime they didn't commit. The prosecutor tries to get to the truth, but their comrades and others betray them.
Sportsman of the Century · 2006Sportsman of the Century
★ 7.02006
MovieDramaComedy
In the year 2000, a jury convenes in Friesland to elect the Sportsman of the Century. One man, Sake Wiarda, tries to convince his fellow-jury members not to nominate a sports hero like Abe Lenstra, but to give preference to the Frisian pole-squatter Taeke Jongsma. In flashbacks, Wiarda tells his audience the life story of this worker's son, who since childhood tries to escape the oppression of the working class in the thirties. Taeke finds out he is a splendid pole-squatter, but his record attempts are repeatedly thwarted by his great rival in love. Against the background of the historical changes in the previous century, the love story gradually unfolds between the pole-squatter and the farmer's daughter.
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