5 Movies Directed by Ben Sombogaart

The Penknife

The Penknife

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1992-10-15

Languages:

Dutch

Countries:

Netherlands

Runtime:

90 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (784 Reviews)

Director:

Ben Sombogaart

Genres:

DramaFamily

Cast:

Writer:

Sjoerd Kuyper (book)

Sjoerd Kuyper (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Mees has a problem. By accident he took his best friend's pocket knife home with him. Unfortunately he is too late to return it as the next day Tim moves house. All that Mees knows is that Tim has gone to Flevoland. His parents are tied up in their own lives and have no room for little Mees' problems. His mother is a world-famous singer and it seems Mees sees her more on TV than in real life. His father is under a lot of pressure acting as a housekeeper and as secretary for his popular wife. So little Mees must search alone for his friend.....

Twin Sisters

Twin Sisters

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2002-12-12

Languages:

Dutch, German, English, French

Countries:

Netherlands, Luxembourg

Runtime:

137 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.5 (5345 Reviews)

Director:

Ben Sombogaart

Cast:

Writer:

Tessa de Loo (novel)

Marieke van der Pol (screenplay)

Fullplot:

1920s Germany. Two Sisters aged six years, no sooner see their remaining parent buried when they are torn apart. Lotte goes to live with her upper middle class Dutch aunt in Holland, Anna to work as a farm hand on her German uncle's rural farm. The story follows their lives as they try to reconcile their differences while World War II impacts each of them on their lives and finally in old age when they meet again, with the hope that the differences in their youth can finally be reconciled.

Crusade in Jeans

Crusade in Jeans

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2006-11-15

Languages:

English

Countries:

Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany

Runtime:

125 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

6.1 (2900 Reviews)

Director:

Ben Sombogaart

Cast:

Writer:

Bill Haney (screenplay)

Jean-Claude Van Rijckeghem (earlier screenplay)

Chris Craps (earlier screenplay)

Thea Beckman (novel)

Fullplot:

After using his mother's newly built time machine, Dolf gets stuck involuntary in the year 1212. He ends up in a children's crusade where he confronts his new friends with modern techniques. The crusade however turns out to be even trickier than first imagined..

Bride Flight

Bride Flight

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2011-06-10

Languages:

Dutch, English

Countries:

Netherlands, Luxembourg

Runtime:

130 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (2050 Reviews)

Director:

Ben Sombogaart

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Marieke van der Pol (screenplay)

Fullplot:

1953, a flood adding to the aftermath of World War II swells the numbers of Dutch emigrants. On a KLM flight to New Zealand, part of a race from London, Frank, who lost his family and colonial estate in the Japanese occupation and Indonesian civil war of Independence, meets some virtual mail order brides. Ada van Holland becomes his lover before confessing she's already married by proxy to gloomy Calvinist Derk. Jewish concentration camp survivor Esther dodges her engagement for a fashion career and discretely has her boy Bobby adopted by infertile Marjorie, who did everything else right with husband Hans. Over the years, some of their paths cross again, all survivors meet at Frank's funeral.

To Be King

To Be King

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2012-12-05

Languages:

Dutch

Countries:

Netherlands, Italy

Runtime:

125 min

IMDB Ratings:

5.9 (405 Reviews)

Director:

Ben Sombogaart

Cast:

Writer:

Bart Westerlaken (screenplay)

Sander Burger (screenplay)

Chris Craps (earlier screenplay)

Jean-Claude Van Rijckeghem (earlier screenplay)

Jan Terlouw (novel)

Fullplot:

The seventeen year old Stach is faced with five impossible assignments he has to complete in order to become king. Things do not go as easily as the boisterous Stach had expected, especially when he is confronted with matters of life and death.

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