Mary Dresselhuys

Eline Vere (1991)

This melodramatic film follows Eline Vere, as she attempts to break free from the confines of her narrow existence in The Hague through three tumultuous and ultimately disastrous courtships. Adaptation of Louis Couperus' novel Eline Vere. ...

Een Bijzonder Prettig Vergezicht (1988)

Sylvia and Ingrid are mother and daughter, but not each others. Ingrid feels guilty about her mother's death; she can't remember the fatal words she spoke before her mother's heart attack. Sylvia likes to take on the mother role and in weekly sessions the ...

The World of Simon Carmiggelt (1983)

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

Pygmalion (1976)

En nu naar bed (1973)

Television recording of the Dutch musical by Annie M.G. Schmidt (lyrics) and Harry Bannink (music) from 1971. Two fairies guide the life of young Frans. The good fairy wishes him that he will become a decent man, with a good job and an exemplary family. Th ...

Village by the River (1958)

An independent-thinking doctor in a rural community with his own ideas of how medicine should be practiced begins to find himself ostracized from the community after one of his patients commits suicide. ...

The Crosspatch (1935)

Willy, the son of baron Van Hergershuizen, finds himself disinherited after he marries an untitled girl. His wife decides to take action and applies for the job of the baron's housekeeper. ...