Simon Carmiggelt

Eight newspaper-columns by Dutch writer Simon Carmiggelt were turned into a film in honor of his 70st birthday.

Eight newspaper-columns by Dutch writer Simon Carmiggelt were turned into a film in honor of his 70st birthday.

The Netherlands and water, they are inseparable from one another. Water in its soothing form, as a place of work and pleasure and as a source of threat and misery. Bert Haanstra thought it a great subject for a big cinema documentary and made The Voice of the Water. At the start, while the credits are still running, it is already apparent how remarkable and original he portrays the beauty of the landscape of the Dutch coastline. In the following ninety minutes we see numerous people that live, work and recreate on, by and in the water. Often they are being observed in a gentle humorous way that reminds us of The Human Dutch. Some people prefer to stay far away from all the wetness: the little boy having a swimming lesson, but who doesn’t dare to put his head under water, is forever imprinted on the memory of many of the viewers.

Recording of Wim Sonneveld’s successful one man show ‘An Evening with Wim Sonneveld’, which ran from 1964 to 1966.

A gentle comedy about three brothers, each of whom inherited something of their deceased father’s personality. Their paths keep crossing in curious ways.

Известный голландский документалист Берт Хаанстра с большой любовью и доброй иронией повествует о жителях своей родной страны. Но этот рассказ - больше, чем просто экскурс в Нидерланды. Мастерство Хаанстра превращает его в трогательную поэму о том, что объединяет людей вне зависимости от национальности и места обитания...

Известный голландский документалист Берт Хаанстра с большой любовью и доброй иронией повествует о жителях своей родной страны. Но этот рассказ - больше, чем просто экскурс в Нидерланды. Мастерство Хаанстра превращает его в трогательную поэму о том, что объединяет людей вне зависимости от национальности и места обитания...

A journalist in Rotterdam has to show the city to an important foreign relation. He shows her the Rotterdam port.