Jan Blaaser

Whistle-Stop (1975)

The film is set in a signalman's house during the German occupation. When it turns out that the mother has committed adultery with a German, things start to go downhill for the father. Germans take over his land, and his children fend for themselves. ...

Katie Tippel (1975)

In the late 19th-century, the Tippel family moves to rural Stavoren in search of greener pastures. However, their dreams are quickly shattered, as teenage Katie is terrorized by a male-dominated society who only see her as an object. Her situation worsens ...

The Five Are Marching In (1974)

Four inmates are ordered to enter an annual four day walking tournament. When they get over their initial annoyment, each one of them finds a way to take advantage of their time out of jail. ...

The Silent Raid (1962)

In 1944 Leeuwarden, the Netherlands, a band of Dutch resistance fighters plot to covertly rescue dozens of compatriots from the local Nazi prison. ...

Doe es wat, Meneer Sonneveld (1962)

Rififi in Amsterdam (1962)

Petty criminal Bert Oliemans goes down for stealing jewellery from a former SS man. After his release he is constantly followed by police commissioner Van Houthem and a greedy gang leader, both out to get their hands on the stolen jewels. ...

Ciske the Rat (1955)

"Ciske de Rat" belongs to the Dickensean "little man's hard life" model and tells a deceptively simple story about a boy in modern Netherlands. Persecution, loneliness, adults' hostility, fear, mixture of obstinacy and tenderness, and even an imprisonment. ...