Freek de Jonge

The portrait of Grandma Lientje, which hung prominently in the living room, made Hella realize at an early age that there was great sadness behind it. No wonder that precisely that painting has become the starting point of a documentary about her remarkable creative resilience.

Freek de Jonge intends to stage one last magnificent show, to once again draw in the crowd. The performance of his life, in which he confronts various painful events, descending to the depths of his soul. This way he hopes to rekindle the drive of thirty years ago: has he done things right, will he be able to make up for the times he failed as a man and as an artist?

A poignant documentary about the history of a family haunted by World War II. On the basis of archive material, documents left behind by her great-aunt Ro Miller and stories told by her father Eli Asser, Hella de Jonge reconstructs what happened to her family during, before and after the war. How they became aware of the danger, how they fled, how they hid, how they survived and how they died. And how, after the war was over, it continued to weigh on their lives. In Hella’s words, “The doctor advised my mother to have children, to help cope with the incredible loss.” A portrait of her grandmother, who died in the war, still hangs in her father’s living room. The filmmaker’s relationship with him has always been difficult. Fragments of memory never before discussed run together during an emotional journey embarked upon together by father and daughter to places of significance in the history of their family.

Job Kribbe is the first clown in six generations who is not by nature funny. In his search for the reason why he follows a path that takes him from one story to the next, visiting cities lijke Moscow, Paris, London, Hollywood, Berlin and finally Zwanowice. On the road he meets many figures like Napoleon, Buster Keaton and the Dutch queen Wilhelmina.

Freek de Jonge met 'De estafette'. Keiharde conference waarin de Bijlmerramp niet wordt geschuwd.

From March to June 1983, the Dutch comedian Freek de Jonge performed his fifth solo performance: De mythe ('The myth'). In the programme booklet he included the following quote from Polish-British anthropologist Bronislaw Malinowski: 'Myth as it exists in a savage community, that is in its living primitive form, is not merely a story told but a reality lived.'

Two brothers end up separated for one of them has mental issues. Meanwhile one of the two follows his dream in becoming a magician.

Two brothers end up separated for one of them has mental issues. Meanwhile one of the two follows his dream in becoming a magician.

From March to June 1983, the Dutch comedian Freek de Jonge performed his fifth solo performance: De mythe ('The myth'). In the programme booklet he included the following quote from Polish-British anthropologist Bronislaw Malinowski: 'Myth as it exists in a savage community, that is in its living primitive form, is not merely a story told but a reality lived.'

The second solo performance by the Dutch comedian Freek de Jonge.

The second solo performance by the Dutch comedian Freek de Jonge.

The second solo performance by the Dutch comedian Freek de Jonge.

The first solo performance of the Dutch comedian Freek de Jonge. This show asks the question how far a comedian will go to please the audience.

The first solo performance of the Dutch comedian Freek de Jonge. This show asks the question how far a comedian will go to please the audience.

Their last Dutch theatre program

A theatre program

A theatre program by the Dutch duo. Neerlands Hoop Express is the name of their band.

The story of a small and conservative West-Flemish village opposing the construction of a bridge over the Scheldt.