Louis van Gasteren Movies

  • 1957
    Gijsbrecht van Aemstel

    Gijsbrecht van Aemstel

    Gijsbrecht van Aemstel

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    Amsterdam is besieged by an alliance of Kennemers and Waterlanders, prepared to exact heavy vengeance on lord Gysbreght van Aemstel, the last...

    Gijsbrecht van Aemstel
  • 1983
    Hans, Life Before Death

    Hans, Life Before Death

    Hans, Life Before Death

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    Hans: Het Leven voor de dood (Hans, Life Before Death) is a documentary feature film about the life of the young composer Hans van Sweeden...

    Hans, Life Before Death
  • 1969
    Begrijpt u nu waarom ik huil?

    Begrijpt u nu waarom ik huil?

    Begrijpt u nu waarom ik huil?

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    The work of Leiden professor Bastiaans on dealing with the trauma of war victims attracts the attention of filmmaker Louis van Gasteren. He decides...

    Begrijpt u nu waarom ik huil?
  • 1961
    The House

    The House

    The House

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    As a house is demolished, flashbacks are shown of the lives of the people who lived in it.

    The House
  • 2003
    The Price of Survival

    The Price of Survival

    The Price of Survival

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    More than thirty years ago, Louis van Gasteren made the documentary BEGRIJPT U NU WAAROM IK HUIL? about a therapeutic LSD session that professor Jan...

    The Price of Survival
  • 2012
    There Is No Plane to Zagreb

    There Is No Plane to Zagreb

    There Is No Plane to Zagreb

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    A retrospective of events in director Louis van Gasteren’s life from 1964 to 1969, filmed by him in that period and reflected on from his...

    There Is No Plane to Zagreb
  • 2012
    Nagele Revisited

    Nagele Revisited

    Nagele Revisited

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    Fifty years after making A New Village on New Land (1960), Van Gasteren and co-director Joke Meerman return to Nagele. What has Nagele become? He...

    Nagele Revisited
  • 1966
    Because My Bike Was There...

    Because My Bike Was There...

    Because My Bike Was There...

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    On 19 March 1966, a photo exhibition about the police intervention during the wedding of Beatrix and Claus opened in Amsterdam. After the opening,...

    Because My Bike Was There...
  • 1957
    The Stranding

    The Stranding

    The Stranding

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    In Rotterdam, Baas (Lex Goudsmit) sells a batch of fake diamonds to a gang of international con-men. They pay in dollars: a suitcase full of...

    The Stranding
  • 1954
    Railplan 68

    Railplan 68

    Railplan 68

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    Short documentary about the construction of tramlines in the centre of Amsterdam

    Railplan 68
  • 2009
    Overstag

    Overstag

    Overstag

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    A personal portrait of farmer and politician Sicco Mansholt (1908-1995) by his good friend Louis van Gasteren and his wife Joke Meerman. Unique...

    Overstag
  • 1975
    Do You Get It No. 3

    Do You Get It No. 3

    Do You Get It No. 3

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    Do You Get It No. 3 deals with the behaviour of people who notice they are being filmed, without the viewer being directly aware of this. Van...

    Do You Get It No. 3
  • 1962
    Warffum 22.05.62

    Warffum 22.05.62

    Warffum 22.05.62

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    Promotional film for the former Dutch post and telecom company PTT. The occasion was the complete automation of the Dutch telephone network on 22 May...

    Warffum 22.05.62
  • 1961
    All Birds Have Nests...

    All Birds Have Nests...

    All Birds Have Nests...

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    This short essayistic documentary by Louis van Gasteren is an argument for the industrialised building of homes, in the typically optimistic tone of...

    All Birds Have Nests...
  • 1983
    All Rebels

    All Rebels

    All Rebels

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    All Rebels paints a picture of the young people who congregated around Amsterdam’s Leidseplein square in the days before wider protest...

    All Rebels
  • 1960
    A New Village on New Land

    A New Village on New Land

    A New Village on New Land

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    The municipality of Nagele came about entirely on the drawing board and is an international symbol for the makeability of the Netherlands. Van...

    A New Village on New Land
  • 1978
    Do You Get It No. 4

    Do You Get It No. 4

    Do You Get It No. 4

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    Footage of a sunny village square in Sardinia leads to humorous, philosophical reflections on reality and the role of the ‘objectively...

    Do You Get It No. 4
  • 1965
    The Procedure

    The Procedure

    The Procedure

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    Short documentary where a student of medicine describes an experiment for which he drilled a small hole in his forehead in order to achieve a higher...

    The Procedure
  • 1964
    Jazz and Poetry

    Jazz and Poetry

    Jazz and Poetry

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    Short film documenting a performance by poet Ted Jones in combination with music by the Peter Kuiters Modern Jazz Group.

    Jazz and Poetry
  • 1989
    Een Zaak van Niveau

    Een Zaak van Niveau

    Een Zaak van Niveau

    01989HD

    Een Zaak van Niveau