Jaap Hoogstra

Eva (1995)

After the death of her husband, an elderly widow rediscovers her vitality and romance when she falls in love with a fellow nursing home resident. ...

The Dead Man 2: Return of the Dead Man (1994)

The Dead Man returns, but it's too late to save us. We are already dead. ...

The Penknife (1992)

Accidentally still in possession of his best friend's pocket knife after they move all the way to a different city, a young boy sets out to return it. ...

Rituals (1989)

A man of independent means oddly suited to survival amid the chaos of modern life, Inni Wintrop is a committed dabbler, content to casually wander the streets of Amsterdam, follow the dips and rises of the stock exchange and commodities market, speculate i ...

Tracks in the Snow (1985)

The full title of this Dutch film is Pervola: Tracks in the Snow. A stockbroker moves away from his home village of Pervola and puts his two sons in charge of his business. Older brother Hein (Bram van der Vlugt) cheats younger brother Simon (Gerard Thoole ...

Broken Mirrors (1984)

Diane and Dora are two prostitutes who begin to rebel against their lot in life. Meanwhile, in another part of town, a murderer is at large. ...

An Bloem (1983)

The Hes Case (1982)

Hes, an uptight and disaffected social worker reaching retirement, discovers a young woman, Anna, in the closet of an acquaintance who has committed suicide. Realizing that she has been kept in the apartment all her life, he moves in and helps her comes to ...

The Girl with the Red Hair (1981)

During the second world war law student Hannie Schaft is a member of the Dutch resistance movement. ...

Vrijdag (1981)

Hugo Claus rewrote and directed Friday as the cinematic version of his original 1969 play of the same name. Just as in the play, the story begins with the theme of incest, as the father Georges (Frank Aendenboom) returns from serving his jail sentence for ...

Dear Boys (1980)

Lieve Jongens explores the sexual fantasies of a middle-aged writer and the handsome young men who dominate his life. Wolf, a successful writer of romantic novels, is plagued by self doubt and writer's block. Though pleasant looking and well-preserved, he ...

Volk en vaderliefde (1976)

Otanes is certain that Smerdis, King of Persia is an impostor. He gathers together a group of people to stage a coup, only to face the question of which one of them will be worthy to take the throne. ...

Happy Days Are Here Again (1975)

Tim, now a respectable family man, runs into his old buddy Bodde. Bodde convinces Tim to go out with him under the motto: "Laugh, laugh, laugh!" Tim calls his wife to tell her "he'll be a little late," while Bodde keeps persuading him to stay with him for ...

Melancholy Tales (1975)

A series of four stories written by the Dutch writer Heere Heeresma, interpreted by four different directors. A confirmed bachelor bumps into his secretary after work. An old man just wants to be left alone at Christmas time. A former sailor yearns to get ...

Dinner (1969)

A family sits at the dinner table without talking to one another with only the radio playing in the background and increasingly the awkward silence among the family members builds up to something unexpected. ...

High is the Sky (1959)

Sick and tired of living in poverty in post-war Germany, Fred Bogner has left his wife Käte with their three children. They continue to meet on a casual basis every time Fred can find money enough to book a hotel room. Based on the German novel 'Und sagt ...