14 Movies Starring Jeroen Krabbè

Soldier of Orange

Soldier of Orange

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1979-08-16

Languages:

Dutch, English, German

Countries:

Netherlands, Belgium

Runtime:

165 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.8 (8628 Reviews)

Director:

Paul Verhoeven

Cast:

Writer:

Erik Hazelhoff Roelfzema (book)

Kees Holierhoek

Gerard Soeteman

Paul Verhoeven

Fullplot:

This film depicts World War II through the eyes of several Dutch students. It follows them through the beginning of the war, the Nazi occupation and the liberation.

The 4th Man

The 4th Man

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1983-03-24

Languages:

Dutch

Countries:

Netherlands

Runtime:

102 min

Rated:

UNRATED

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (4960 Reviews)

Director:

Paul Verhoeven

Cast:

Writer:

Gerard Reve (novel)

Gerard Soeteman

Fullplot:

The morbid Catholic writer Gerard Reve who is bisexual, alcoholic and has frequent visions of death is invited to give a lecture in the literature club of Vlissingen. While in the railway station in Amsterdam, he feels attracted to a handsome man who embarks on another train. Gerard is introduced to the treasurer of the club and beautician Christine Halsslag, a wealthy widow who owns the Spider beauty shop, and they engage in a one night stand. On the next morning, Gerard sees the picture of Christine's boyfriend Herman and recognizes him as the man he saw in the train station. He urges her to bring Herman to her house to spend a couple of days together, but with the secret intention of seducing the man. Christine travels to Kèln to bring her boyfriend and Gerard stays alone in her house. He drinks whiskey and snoops through her safe, finding three film reels with names of men; he decides to watch the footage and discovers that Christine had married each; all of whom died in tragic accidents. Later Gerard believes Christine is a Black Widow and questions whether Herman or he will be her doomed fourth husband.

No Mercy

No Mercy

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1986-12-19

Languages:

English, French

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

106 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.6 (4777 Reviews)

Director:

Richard Pearce

Fullplot:

Maverick Chicago cop Eddie Jillette poses as a hit man to meet with someone in from New Orleans looking to have a job done. The result is that both the guy and Jillette's partner wind up very dead, while a stunning blonde in on the setup disappears. He heads south to settle the score and soon finds himself being hunted, with the girl in tow and the local police anything but happy. New Orleans may never be the same again.

The Living Daylights

The Living Daylights

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1987-07-31

Languages:

English, Arabic, French, German, Russian, Czech, Slovak, Dari, Pushto

Countries:

UK, USA

Runtime:

130 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (63310 Reviews)

Director:

John Glen

Cast:

Writer:

Richard Maibaum (screenplay)

Michael G. Wilson (screenplay)

Fullplot:

James Bond 007's mission is to firstly, organise the defection of a top Soviet general. When the general is re-captured, Bond heads off to find why an ally of General Koskov was sent to murder him. Bond's mission continues to take him to Afghanistan, where he must confront an arms dealer known as Brad Whitaker. Everything eventually reveals its self to Bond.

Crossing Delancey

Crossing Delancey

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1988-09-16

Languages:

English, French, Hebrew, Yiddish

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

97 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (2591 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Susan Sandler (play)

Susan Sandler (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Isabelle's life revolves around the New York bookshop she works in and the intellectual friends of both sexes she meets there. Her grandmother remains less than impressed and decides to hire a good old-fashioned Jewish matchmaker to help Isabelle's love-life along. Enter pickle-maker Sam who immediately takes to Isabelle. She however is irritated by the whole business, at least to start with.

A World Apart

A World Apart

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1988-06-17

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK, Zimbabwe

Runtime:

113 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (1112 Reviews)

Director:

Chris Menges

Genres:

Drama

Fullplot:

A White enclave in Johannesburg, South Africa, in the 1960s. Molly Roth, 13 years old, is the daughter of leftist parents, and she must piece together what's happening around her when her father disappears one night, barely evading arrest, and, not long after, her mother is detained by the authorities. Some of Molly's White friends turn against her, and her family's friendships with Blacks take on new meaning. Relationships are fragile in the world of apartheid. How will she manage?

Stalin

Stalin

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1992-11-21

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, Hungary, Russia

Runtime:

172 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (1658 Reviews)

Director:

Ivan Passer

Fullplot:

Josef Stalin rises from his rejection as being physically unfit in the Czar's army during world War I to undisputed head of the huge Soviet empire of the 1950s. After the success of the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917 he vies with arch-rival Leon Trotsky for power under the acknowledged leader, Vladimir Lenin. After Lenin's stroke, the merciless Georgian's ruthless methods soon eliminates all rivals and his cruel paranoia and overt sadism help him maintain power by eliminating every possible rival including many former comrades.

King of the Hill

King of the Hill

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1993-08-20

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

103 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

7.6 (5590 Reviews)

Genres:

DramaHistory

Cast:

Writer:

A.E. Hotchner (memoir)

Steven Soderbergh (screenplay)

Fullplot:

A boy whose mother is forced into a sanitarium and father gets a job as a traveling salesman. The boy fends for himself in a seedy SRO hotel.

For a Lost Soldier

For a Lost Soldier

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1993-05-07

Languages:

Dutch, German, English, Eastern Frisian

Countries:

Netherlands

Runtime:

92 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.9 (3404 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Don Bloch

Rudi van Dantzig (novel)

Roeland Kerbosch

Fullplot:

The story of a romantic relationship between a grown-up and a child. Set in the Netherlands near the end of WWII, the film is a flashback recalling an adolescent relationship between Jeroen and a Canadian soldier. A difficult subject handled with style and feeling.

Farinelli

Farinelli

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1995-03-17

Languages:

French, Italian

Countries:

France, Italy, Belgium

Runtime:

111 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (4867 Reviews)

Director:

Gèrard Corbiau

Cast:

Writer:

Andrèe Corbiau (original scenario)

Gèrard Corbiau (original scenario)

Marcel Beaulieu (adaptation)

Andrèe Corbiau (adaptation)

Gèrard Corbiau (adaptation)

Andrèe Corbiau (dialogue)

Fullplot:

Farinelli, is the artistic name of Carlo Broschi, a young singer in Handel's time. He was castrated in his childhood in order to preserve his voice. During his life he becomes to be a very famous opera singer, managed by his mediocre brother (Riccardo).

Immortal Beloved

Immortal Beloved

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1995-01-06

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK, USA

Runtime:

121 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.5 (17748 Reviews)

Director:

Bernard Rose

Fullplot:

The life and death of the legendary Ludwig van Beethoven. Beside all the work he is known for, the composer once wrote a famous love letter to a nameless beloved and the movie tries to find out who this beloved was. Not easy as Beethoven has had many women in his life.

Left Luggage

Left Luggage

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1998-03-30

Languages:

English, Hebrew, Yiddish

Countries:

USA, Netherlands, Belgium, UK

Runtime:

100 min

Rated:

UNRATED

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (2485 Reviews)

Director:

Jeroen Krabbè

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Carl Friedman (novel)

Edwin de Vries

Fullplot:

While escaping from Nazis during the WWII, a Jewish man dug suitcases full of things dear to his heart in the ground two. The war deprived him of his family, and afterwards he endlessly turns over the soil of Antwerp to find the suitcases, which makes him look obsessed. He keeps checking old maps and keeps digging, trying to find, in fact, those he lost. His daughter Chaya is a beautiful modern girl looking for a part-time job. She finds a place as a nanny in the strictly observant Chassidic family with many children, although her secular manners clearly fly in the face of many commandments. One of the reasons she is accepted is that mother of the family is absolutely overburdened by the household, so she stays despite the resistance of the father, normally - an indisputable authority in the family. She develops a special bond with the youngest of the boys, four-year old Simcha, so far incapable of speaking. She teaches him while walking in the park, and it seems that during the upcoming Passover Seder, Simcha will be able to chant parts of the Haggadah. The old repulsive superintendent of the building is a constant wet blanket for the entire family and now for Chaya. However, as opposed to the observant Jews, she cannot be a victim and is not going to put up with his anti-Semitic tricks, so she fights him, thus exciting the children's admiration and family head's wrath. Unfortunately, walks with Simcha end in a tragedy: after sneaking to the park, he drowns in the pond, and some Chassids hold Chaya responsible. A beautiful, warm picture filled with compassion and humanism, making understandable even the behavior of the superintendent - a mean pathetic anti-Semite: he is so terribly lonely that has only his dog to talk to.

The Discovery of Heaven

The Discovery of Heaven

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2001-10-25

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK, Netherlands

Runtime:

150 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (3461 Reviews)

Director:

Jeroen Krabbè

Genres:

DramaFantasy

Cast:

Writer:

Harry Mulisch (novel)

Edwin de Vries

Fullplot:

God is disappointed with the human race and wants his stone tablets back. An angel is given the assignment and, with Gabrièls help, tries to manipulate several humans on earth to get his job done. But humans have a will of their own...

Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo

Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2005-08-12

Languages:

English, Dutch

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

83 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

4.6 (38914 Reviews)

Director:

Mike Bigelow

Genres:

Comedy

Cast:

Writer:

Harris Goldberg (characters)

Rob Schneider (characters)

Rob Schneider (story)

Rob Schneider (screenplay)

David Garrett (screenplay)

Jason Ward (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Deuce Bigalow ('Rob Schneider') goes to Amsterdam after a little accident including two irritating kids and a bunch of aggressive dolphins. There he meets up with his old friend TJ Hicks ('Eddie Griffin'). But a mysterious killer starts killing some of Amsterdams finest gigolos and TJ is mistaken for the extremely gay murderer. Deuce must enter the gigolo industry again to find the real murderer and clear TJs name.

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