Jan de Bont Movies

An idealistic Dutch colonial officer posted to Indonesia in the 19th century is cohvinced that he can make the kinds of changes that will actually...

A man is under the illusion he is a wanted war criminal.

A man visits his girlfriend in Amsterdam after the war. He soon finds himself, for inexplicable reasons, in a country house where two women as 'white...

This program features the standard mix of movie clips, production materials, and interviews. Cast and crew start at the beginning and discussed the...

The dutchified Hungarian Joszef Katús returns, after a months-long absence, to Amsterdam on 29 April 1966. The arrival of the Provos changed a...

Short film about four boys who clash with the custodian of a construction site, because the growing number of buildings impedes on their playground....

A husband and wife, both of whom are career-oriented, agree never to step on the other's ambitions. Unfortunately, both become too ambitious for...

Against all advice, a destitute Brazilian old man marries a nineteen-year-old girl. Because he can’t give her any children, he moves to the...

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

The film is set in a signalman's house during the German occupation. When it turns out that the mother has committed adultery with a German, things...

Short film from 1970.

A journalist has to interview a blind photographer.

Short film, in which three boys want to go swimming on a Sunday afternoon, but one of the three has to look after his baby sister. They decide to...

An iconoclastic first film from the headstrong teenagers of the 1,2,3 Group, who took turns to write, direct, and star in a series of irreverent...

A worried father tries to end the relationship that his son Andries has with the wife of a wrestler.

Although it was actually an impersonal commissioned film, the director's style is clearly recognizable. Once again he manages to make something that...

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...

A woman as an object of poetic observation seen through the eager eye of the camera. Cinematic means are used to reflect the moods of women.