Johan van der Keuken Movies
- 1989
A Tale of the Wind
A Tale of the Wind6.51989HD
It is an autobiographical fiction starring Ivens as an old man who has spent his life trying to "tame the wind and harness the sea" by capturing them...
- 1957
Paris at Dawn
Paris at Dawn6.81957HD
Johan van der Keuken's first film is a uniquely beautiful portrait of Paris at dawn.
- 1988
The Eye Above the Well
The Eye Above the Well6.61988HD
A poetic depiction of life and ritual in the south Indian state of Kerala. We see how knowledge is passed down from generation to generation: within...
- 1981
The Way South
The Way South5.51981HD
Johan van der Keuken went against the grain in 1980: from Amsterdam (on April 30 with the coronation riots and squatting actions) via Paris, southern...
- 1964
The Blind Child
The Blind Child7.11964HD
With the use of montage sequences, voiced over with the observations of the children, van der Keuken was able to use artistic expression to portray...
- 1967
Big Ben: Ben Webster in Europe
Big Ben: Ben Webster in Europe51967HD
In the late sixties, the American saxophone player and living jazz legend Ben Webster lived in Amsterdam for a year. Webster, who was born in Kansas...
- 1993
Brass Unbound
Brass Unbound01993HD
Documentary shows brass bands from Nepal, Surinam, Indonesia and Ghana.
- 1996
Amsterdam Global Village
Amsterdam Global Village6.61996HD
"I am far away on a distant journey through my own city", filmmaker Johan van der Keuken says at the end of his four-hour portrait of Amsterdam. The...
- 1978
De platte jungle
De platte jungle51978HD
Documentary about the Wadden Sea in which Van der Keuken looks at this ribbon in the landscape through the eyes of a city-dweller. A film about the...
- 2005
Trying to Describe Oneself
Trying to Describe Oneself7.42005HD
Trying to describe oneself is a movie about representation. How it is possible, through film, to describe oneself and describe others. With the...
- 1966
Blind Child 2
Blind Child 26.91966HD
Two years after making his film BLIND KIND, Van der Keuken contacted the blind boy that had impressed him most at the time.
- 1993
Sarajevo Film Festival
Sarajevo Film Festival01993HD
Short documentary about the Sarajevo Film Festival. Sarajevo in the twentieth month of its besiegement. The situation is critical but the city...
- 1965
Beppie
Beppie5.11965HD
BEPPIE is a moving and disarming portrait of an Amsterdam street urchin. Van der Keuken once described her as follows: 'She was ten years old and the...
- 1973
Vietnam Opera
Vietnam Opera51973HD
A "revolutionary theater" troupe from North Vietnam performs in Amsterdam.
- 1994
Hexagon
Hexagon81994HD
- 1991
Face Value
Face Value5.81991HD
Face Value is a film combining a conscious approach with spontaneity, and contemplation with action. It presents us with the differing views of a...
- 2000
The Long Holiday
The Long Holiday6.82000HD
After the famous Dutch documentary filmmaker Johan van der Keuken is told that he has prostate cancer and only a few years left to live he decides to...
- 1958
Les Ratés
Les Ratés6.51958HD
A 1958 French language short film written and directed by Costa-Gavras, starring Guy Mairesse, Paniaras and Jean Patrick.
- 1973
The Reading-Lesson
The Reading-Lesson6.51973HD
Van der Keuken juxtaposes images of Dutch children learning to read against those of the coup d'état in Chile.
- 1997
To Sang Fotostudio
To Sang Fotostudio61997HD
In the person of To Sang, a Chinese-born photographer living and working in Amsterdam, JVDK has found his perfect counterpart and alter ego. To...