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Sombogaart
Bernard Cornelis (Ben) Sombogaart (born 8 August 1947) is a Dutch film and TV director. His film '' Twin Sisters'' (2002) was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Filmography *''The Pocket-knife'' (''Het Zakmes'', 1992) *'' The Boy Who Stopped Talking'' (''De Jongen Die niet meer Praatte'', 1996) *''The Flying Liftboy'' (''Abeltje'', 1998) *'' Twin Sisters'' (''De Tweeling'', 2002) *'' Tow Truck Pluck'' (''Pluk van de Petteflet'', 2004) *'' Crusade in Jeans'' (''Kruistocht in Spijkerbroek'', 2006) *''Bride Flight'' (2008) *'' The Storm'' (''De Storm'', 2009) – film about North Sea flood of 1953 *''Isabelle'' (2011) *''Moordvrouw'' (2012-) *''In My Father's Garden'' (''Knielen Op Een Bed Violen'', 2016) *'' Rafaël'' (2018) *''My Best Friend Anne Frank ''My Best Friend Anne Frank'' () is a 2021 Dutch biographical drama film directed by Ben Sombogaart. The film tells the story of the friendship between Hanneli Goslar and Anne Frank and the story is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Best Friend Anne Frank
''My Best Friend Anne Frank'' () is a 2021 Dutch biographical drama film directed by Ben Sombogaart. The film tells the story of the friendship between Hanneli Goslar and Anne Frank and the story is told from Goslar's perspective. The film is based on ''Memories of Anne Frank: Reflections of a Childhood Friend'' written by American author Alison Leslie Gold. It is the first Dutch cinema film about the life of Anne Frank. Aiko Beemsterboer plays the role of Anne Frank and Josephine Arendsen plays the role of Hanneli Goslar. The film won the Golden Film award in October 2021 after having sold 100,000 tickets. Plot Cast * Aiko Beemsterboer as Anne Frank * Josephine Arendsen as Hanneli Goslar * Stefan de Walle as Otto Frank * Zsolt Trill as Fritz * Björn Freiberg as Officer Bruno * Lottie Hellingman as Ruth Judith Goslar Production Part of the film was filmed in Hungary. Principal photography was halted due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Release Netflix Netflix is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Pocket-knife
''The Pocket-knife'' () is a 1992 Dutch children's film directed by Ben Sombogaart and written by Sjoerd Kuyper, based on his novel '' Het Zakmes''. The film won several awards, including a Golden Calf Best Director Award. Plot The story is about a 6-year-old boy named Mees Grobben who tries to return his friend Tim's penknife but faces difficulties because Tim has moved to Flevoland Flevoland () is the twelfth and newest province of the Netherlands, established in 1986, when the southern and eastern Flevopolders, together with the Noordoostpolder, were merged into one provincial entity. It is in the centre of the countr .... He has to keep his quest a secret because he is forbidden to carry a knife. Eventually, he enters a talent contest, hoping to get a message to his friend through a song. Cast * Olivier Tuinier as Mees Grobben * Adelheid Roosen as Mees' moeder * Genio De Groot as Mees' vader * Verno Romney as Tim * Beppie Melissen as Strenge juf * Maxim Hartman as Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isabelle (2011 Film)
''Isabelle'' is a 2011 Dutch psychological thriller film directed by Ben Sombogaart and written for the screen by Marieke van der Pol based on the novel of the same name by Tessa de Loo. It stars Halina Reijn as the beautiful actress Isabelle that is kidnapped by the jealous disfigured artist Jeanne, played by Tineke Caels. It also stars Wim Opbrouck, Barbara Sarafian, Michel Van Dousselaere and Monique van de Ven. The film was first shown at the Netherlands Film Festival on September 22, 2011 immediately followed by a release in Dutch theaters. It received a mixed reception from critics and a tepid response from the general audience. Plot Isabelle, a famous, beautiful and successful Dutch actor, decides before a new film production to go on holiday with her parents to a holiday villa small village in the Ardennes. During her holiday, she is concerned about her weight, having to lose some weight before her next role. Jeanne, a Belgian artist and waitress, who is "disfigured" a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bride Flight
''Bride Flight'' is a 2008 romantic drama film about three women and one man from the Netherlands, who all start new lives in New Zealand. It starts with the victory of the KLM flight in the 1953 London to Christchurch air race. It was directed by Ben Sombogaart and stars Rutger Hauer, Elise Schaap, Anna Drijver, Karina Smulders and Waldemar Torenstra. The Dutch singer Ilse DeLange wrote and sang the title song for the movie: "Miracle". Premise A romantic drama that charts the lives of three women from different backgrounds forever changed when they emigrate to New Zealand as war brides. Cast * Karina Smulders as Ada Van Holland ** Pleuni Touw as Old Ada Van Holland * Anna Drijver as Esther Cahn **Willeke van Ammelrooy as Old Esther Cahn * Elise Schaap as Marjorie Mullin ** Petra Laseur as Old Marjorie Mullin * Waldemar Torenstra as Frank de Rooy **Rutger Hauer Rutger Oelsen Hauer (; 23 January 1944 – 19 July 2019) was a Dutch actor, with a career that spanne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Twin Sisters (2002 Film)
''Twin Sisters'' () is a 2002 Dutch film, directed by Ben Sombogaart, based on the novel '' The Twins'' by Tessa de Loo, with a screenplay by Dutch actress and writer . The film stars Thekla Reuten, Nadja Uhl, Ellen Vogel and Gudrun Okras. Plot The film tells the story of twin German sisters Lotte (Thekla Reuten) and Anna (Nadja Uhl), who are separated when they are six. After the deaths of their parents, they are "divided" between quarreling distant relatives, one being raised in the Netherlands and the other in Germany. Lotte grows up in a loving Jewish middle-class intellectual family in the Netherlands and Anna is raised in virtual servitude by a poor Catholic peasant family in a backward area where she is abused by her uncle. The two girls seek to keep in contact, but Anna's family lacks Lotte's address, and Lotte's new family fails to mail her letters for fear that the brutal farmers will claim her as well. The cataclysmic events of World War II sweep them even furth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Flying Liftboy
''The Flying Liftboy'' () is a 1998 Dutch family adventure film directed by Ben Sombogaart and written and produced by Burny Bos, based on the 1953 Dutch children's book ''Abeltje'' by Annie M. G. Schmidt. It stars Rick van Gastel, Soraya Smith, Frits Lambrechts, Marisa Van Eyle and Annet Malherbe. It is the first feature film to be adapted from Schmidt's books. Development began in 1994, when Bos acquired the rights to the book from Schmidt. However, various issues such as the budget delayed production of the film. It was filmed in the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Spain and New York. The film was released on 26 November 1998 in the Netherlands by Warner Bros. under their Family Entertainment label. The film received positive reviews and became a major success in the country. It won the Golden Calf for Best Feature Film. The film was later re-edited into a seven-episode miniseries for television by AVRO in 2000. Plot After a humiliating incident involving his girlfriend Laura, Mot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tow Truck Pluck
''Tow Truck Pluck'' (), also known as ''Pluk and his Tow Truck'' is a 2004 Dutch comedy musical family film directed by Ben Sombogaart and Pieter van Rijn. It's an adaptation of the 1971 children's book ''Pluk van de Petteflet'' by Annie M.G. Schmidt, starring Janieck van de Polder as the titular character. The film was released in the Netherlands on 17 November 2004 by Warner Bros. Pictures. It received a Golden Film (100,000 visitors) in 2004 and a Platinum Film (400,000 visitors) in 2005. Plot Cast Production The film was originally planned to be a stop-motion animated film, but was scrapped in favor of live-action with puppetry due to budget constraints. Janieck van de Polder, Suzanne Zuiderwijk, Hanneke Riemer, Arjan Ederveen, Erik van Muiswinkel, and ex-politician Erica Terpstra were cast in March 2004. Filming took place at NOB-Studios in Almere. Release The film held its premiere on 16 November 2004 at the Tuschinski Theatre in Amsterdam, with Queen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crusade In Jeans (film)
''Crusade in Jeans'' () is a 2006 Dutch film directed by Ben Sombogaart. It is an adaptation of the book '' Crusade in Jeans'' by Thea Beckman. Plot Dolf is a 15-year-old boy from Rotterdam who plays for the junior national football team. Dolf and his team are playing an important championship game against the Belgian team in the German city of Speyer. They were trailing by a goal, and got the chance to equalise in the final minutes which Dolf blew. Dolf's mother works in a research centre in Rotterdam where a time machine has been developed. It allows an object, animal or person to be moved to a specified time and place in the past, and to bring them back again. But, a person moving to the past can only return to the present by being at an exact location at an exact time. Furthermore, a special medication is needed daily to stay alive in the past. Dolf decides to go back in time one day to replay the match, since he regularly visits his mother at the lab, assists with the wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Storm (2009 Film)
''The Storm'' () is a 2009 Dutch disaster film directed by Ben Sombogaart. Plot A terrible storm causes hundreds of dikes to break in Zeeland, resulting in the North Sea flood of 1953. Julia, a single mother living with her parents, is caught in the middle of a catastrophic flood. She is rescued from drowning and taken to safety by her neighbor Aldo, who is a member of the armed forces. However, her baby is left in a wooden box in the attic of Julia's parental home. Together Julia and Aldo return to the disaster area to look for the baby. When they finally find the box, it is empty, and they conclude that someone must have taken the child. The child ended up with a woman who recently lost her own baby in a car accident. Julia met her but because the woman did not want to lose the baby, she hid him from Julia. Eighteen years later, Julia meets her son and the woman again and she finds out what has happened. Cast *Sylvia Hoeks as Julia *Barry Atsma as Aldo * Dirk Roofthooft as Julia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In My Father's Garden
''In My Father's Garden'' () is a 2016 Dutch drama film directed by Ben Sombogaart. It was based on the book of the same name by Jan Siebelink. It was listed as one of eleven films that could be selected as the Dutch submission for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards The 89th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best 2016 in film, films of 2016, and took place on February 26, 2017, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, Californ ..., but it was not nominated. Cast * Gaite Jansen as Johanna * Barry Atsma as Hans Sievez * Marcel Hensema as Jozef Mieras * Noortje Herlaar as Margje References External links * 2016 films 2016 drama films Dutch drama films 2010s Dutch-language films Films directed by Ben Sombogaart Films scored by Dirk Brossé {{2010s-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rafaël (film)
''Rafaël'' is a 2018 Dutch drama film directed by Ben Sombogaart. The film, shot in Croatia, is based on the book of the same name, written by Christine Otten. In July 2018, it was one of nine films shortlisted to be the Dutch entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards, but it was not selected. Cast * Mehdi Meskar as Rafaël * Melody Klaver Melody Zoë Klaver (born 9 September 1990) is a Dutch actress. Early life and education Klaver was born in Amsterdam, Netherlands and grew up in the suburb town Abcoude. She has two older sisters, presenter/actress Kimberley Klaver and dancer ... as Kimmy * Nabil Mallat as Nazir References External links * 2018 films 2018 drama films Dutch drama films 2010s Dutch-language films Films with screenplays by Massimo Gaudioso Films shot in Croatia Dutch-language drama films {{2010s-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |