Maurits Binger (5 April 1868 – 9 April 1923) was a Dutch

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and

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of the

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. He directed 39 films between 1913 and 1922 and is considered one of the pioneers of fictional films in the Netherlands. Binger's studio and base of operations was in Haarlem, North Holland. Between 1919 and 1923 he was managing director of

Anglo-Hollandia Anglo-Hollandia was a British-Dutch film production company which operated between 1919 and 1923 during the silent film era. It had its roots in the existing Dutch company Hollandia Films and attempted to produce films with appeal to both Britain ...

an attempt to break into the larger British market. There is a film institute in the Netherlands in his name. He is sometimes referred to as Maurice Binger.

Filmography

* '' De leugen van Pierrot'' (1922) * ''

Mottige Janus '' Mottige Janus '' is a 1922 Dutch silent film directed by Maurits Binger. Cast * Maurits de Vries - Janus Rechtsom, de Mottige * Kitty Kluppell - Lena Doorn * Meyer van Beem - Nathan * August Van den Hoeck - Gijs Rechtsom * Pierre Perin ...

'' (1922) * '' De jantjes'' (1922) * '' Rechten der jeugd'' (1921) * '' De zwarte tulp'' (1921) * ''

Sister Brown ''Sister Brown'' (Dutch:'' Zuster Brown'') is a 1921 Dutch silent film directed by Maurits Binger. Cast * Marjorie Villis - Joyce Sinclair, zuster Brown * Rolf Leslie * Harold French - Roy Chertsey * Reginald Barton - Vincent Ferguson, dokt ...

'' (1921) * '' Onder spiritistischen dwang'' (1921) * '' De heldendaad van Peter Wells'' (1921) * '' John Heriot's Wife'' (1920) * '' As God Made Her'' (1920) * '' Fate's Plaything'' (1920) * '' Het verborgen leven'' (1920) * '' Schakels'' (1920) * '' Zonnetje'' (1919) * '' De damescoupeur'' (1919) * '' Een Carmen van het Noorden'' (1919) * '' Het goudvischje'' (1919) * '' Amerikaansche meisjes'' (1918) * '' Oorlog en vrede - 1918'' (1918) * '' Op hoop van zegen'' (1918) * '' Oorlog en vrede - 1916'' (1918) * '' Oorlog en vrede - 1914'' (1918) * '' Toen 't licht verdween'' (1918) * '' De kroon der schande'' (1918) * '' Ulbo Garvema'' (1917) * '' Gouden ketenen'' (1917) * '' Madame Pinkette & Co'' (1917) * '' Het geheim van Delft'' (1917) * '' La renzoni'' (1916) * '' Majoor Frans'' (1916) * '' Liefdesoffer'' (1916) * '' Vogelvrij'' (1916) * '' Het geheim van den vuurtoren'' (1916) * '' Liefdesstrijd'' (1915) * '' De vrouw Clasina'' (1915) * '' Het geheim van het slot arco'' (1915) * '' De vloek van het testament'' (1915) * '' Zijn viool'' (1914) * '' De levende ladder'' (1913)

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* 1868 births 1923 deaths Dutch film directors Dutch film producers Dutch screenwriters Dutch male screenwriters People from Haarlem 20th-century screenwriters {{Netherlands-film-director-stub