Henk van der Linden (3 May 1925 – 18 December 2021) was a Dutch film director.
Early life and career
His father was a cinema operator and ran a film rental office in
Hoensbroek
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Hoensbroek is known for its ...
. Van der Linden made his first film in 1944 at the age of eighteen. In 1952 he made his first real feature film. This film (titled ''Three Boys and a Dog'',
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: ''Drie jongens en een hond'') was shot by Van der Linden on 16mm film, without sound. He just made the sound live when showing it in community centers. This film was such a big success that Van der Linden decided to start filming on 35mm.
Van der Linden wrote his stories himself and often based them on heroes from literary youth literature:
Dik Trom
''Dik Trom'' is a series of Dutch children's books by Cornelis Johannes Kieviet, centered on the character Dik Trom (a mischievous oversized Dutch boy). The series is well regarded as a classic in its home country.
Books
* 1891 ''Uit het leven ...
,
Sjors & Sjimmie
''Sjors & Sjimmie'' (''George & Jimmy'') is a Dutch adaptation of the comic strip ''Winnie Winkle'', specifically the character Perry Winkle from that strip. The difference between the American original and the Dutch adaptation is that Sjors (Per ...
,
Pietje Bell and
Billy Bunter
William George Bunter is a fictional schoolboy created by Charles Hamilton using the pen name Frank Richards. He features in stories set at Greyfriars School, a fictional English public school in Kent, originally published in the boys' weekly ...
. Most of Henk van der Linden's films were shot in the
Limburg
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hills and near his former hometown of in the municipality of
Schinnen
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.
Since the 2010s Van der Linden lived in the German town of , directly across the border near
Sittard
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The town is part of the municipality of Sittard-Geleen and has almost 37.500 inhabitants in 2016.
In its east, Sittard borders the German municipal ...
. He died there at the age of 96.
Records
Henk van der Linden has several records to his name. He is the most productive filmmaker in the Netherlands. No other Dutch filmmaker has produced as many feature films as Van der Linden. His film ''
De Nieuwe Avonturen van Dik Trom'' is in the
Guinness Book of Records
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as the longest running Dutch feature film ever: it was shown continuously in one or more cinemas for 28 years.
Filmography
*''
Richard knapt het op'' (1943)
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Sjors van de Rebellenclub
'' Sjors van de Rebellenclub '' is a 1955 Dutch adventure film directed by Henk van der Linden. It was based on the popular Dutch comic strip ''Sjors en Sjimmie''.
Cast
* Theo Niesten ... Sjors
* Rinus van Loon ... Sjuul
* Tonny Hassing ... ...
'' (1955)
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Trouwe Kameraden
'' Trouwe Kameraden '' is a 1957 Dutch film directed by Henk van der Linden.
Cast
*Martin Heijnekamp ... Jan
*Thea Eyssen ... Tante
*Buck Stevens ... Molenaar
*Frits van Wenkop ... Crimineel
* Giel Backbier ... Oom
*Dirk Capel
A dirk ...
'' (1957)
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De Nieuwe Avonturen van Dik Trom'' (1958)
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Het Geheim van de Oude Molen'' (1959)
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Avonturen van een Zigeunerjongen'' (1960)
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De Avonturen van Pietje Bell'' (1964)
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Billy Turf het dikste studentje ter wereld'' (1978)
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Billy Turf Haantje de voorste'' (1981)
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Billy Turf contra Kwel'' (1982)
References
External links
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1925 births
2021 deaths
Dutch cinematographers
Dutch film directors
People from Heerlen
20th-century Dutch people