Bert Haanstra Collection - 10-DVD Box Set ( Fanfare / De Zaak M.P. / Alleman / De Stem van het water / Bij de beesten af / Dokter Pulder zaait papavers / Een Pak slaag / Vroeger kon je lachen / Chimps onder elkaar / Strijd zonder einde ) ( Fanfare / The M.P. Case (The Manneken Pis Case) / The Human Dutch / The Voice of the Water / Instinct for Survival / Doctor Pulder Sows Poppies / Mr. Slotter's Jubilee / One Could Laugh in Former Days / The Family of Chimps / Battle Without End )

Bert Haanstra Collection - 10-DVD Box Set (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Fanfare / De Zaak M.P. / Alleman / De Stem van het water / Bij de beesten af / Dokter Pulder zaait papavers / Een Pak slaag / Vroeger kon je lachen / Chimps onder elkaar / Strijd zonder einde
Alternate Title: Fanfare / The M.P. Case (The Manneken Pis Case) / The Human Dutch / The Voice of the Water / Instinct for Survival / Doctor Pulder Sows Poppies / Mr. Slotter's Jubilee / One Could Laugh in Former Days / The Family of Chimps / Battle Without End
Screened, competed or awarded at:
BAFTA Awards
Berlin International Film Festival
Cannes Film Festival
Oscar Academy Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Dutch ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Dutch ( Dolby Surround )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Netherlands ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
1260 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Box Set
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Documentary
Featurette
Interactive Menu
Multi-DVD Set
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1955-1984 and produced in:
Belgium ( France, Benelux )
Netherlands ( France, Benelux )
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Bert Haanstra

Written By:
Jan Blokker
Bert Haanstra
Henny Spijker
Simon Carmiggelt
Anton Koolhaas
Frans de Waal

Actors:
Hans Kaart ..... Geursen
Bernard Droog ..... Krijns
Ineke Brinkman ..... Marije
Wim Van den Heuvel ..... Douwe
Andrea Domburg ..... Lies
Albert Mol ..... Schalm
Henk van Buuren ..... Valentijn
Herbert Joeks ..... Koendering
Johan Valk ..... Van Ogten
Ton Lutz ..... Altena
Riek Schagen ..... Aaltje
Sara Heyblom ..... Leidster van vereniging
Dio Huysmans ..... Zwaansdijk
Huib de Vries
Willem Huysmans
Bob Verstraete
Albert Mol ..... Kamiel
Ko van Dijk ..... Philidoor Peters
Ingrid Valerius ..... Denise - Philidoor Peters' dochter
Mieke Verstraete ..... Mevrouw Peters
Julia de Gruyter ..... Leontien
Germaine Loosveldt ..... Ursula
Ramses Shaffy ..... Karel Vos
Julien Schoenaerts ..... Gaston
Kees Brusse ..... Sus
Jaak Germain ..... Prosper (as Jaques Germain)
Robert Maes ..... Marcel
Marcel Cauwenberg ..... Commissaris
Robert Marcel ..... Brigadier
Paul Storm ..... Mahari
Bernard Droog ..... Jef
Simon Carmiggelt ..... Narrator (Dutch version) (voice)
Peter Ustinov ..... Narrator (voice)
Anton Koolhaas ..... Narrator
Alexander Scourby ..... Narrator (English language version)
Kees Brusse ..... Dr. Pulder
Ton Lensink ..... Hans van Inge Liedaerd
Dora van der Groen ..... Mrs. Mies
Henny Orri ..... Lieske Pulder
Karin Loeb ..... Kitty
Manon Alving ..... Mevrouw van Inge Liedaerd
Peter Römer ..... Kamiel Pulder
Sacco van der Made ..... poelier Pronk
Michel Fasbender ..... Receptionist
Amédée ..... Kelner
Romain DeConinck ..... Hotelmanager
Gilbert Bremans ..... Kelner
Jean Pascal ..... Liftbediende
Luc Joris ..... Chasseur
Monique Audier ..... Kamermeisje
Kees Brusse ..... Hein Slotter
Paul Steenbergen ..... Slieps Sr.
Bernard Droog ..... Loes
Jeroen Krabbe ..... Ans Slieps
Eric Schneider ..... Henri Lutters
Ellen de Thouars ..... Mrs. Lutters
Eric van Ingen
Annet Nieuwenhuyzen
Maria de Booy
Jacques Commandeur
Gees Linnebank
Sacco van der Made
Retnawati Soemasih
Martine Bijl ..... Himself / Narrator
Kees Brusse ..... De Vieze Man
Simon Carmiggelt ..... (archive footage)
Sylvia de Leur
Mary Dresselhuys
Rijk de Gooyer
Guus Hermus
Hetty Heyting
Elizabeth Hoytink
Kees van Kooten
Wim Kouwenhoven
John Kraaykamp
Robert Long
Hans Melissen
Paul Meyer
Bert Nienhuis
Henny Orri
Pierre Roth
Riek Schagen
Wim Sonneveld
Paul Steenbergen
Max Teeuwisse
Carolien van den Berg
Bert Haanstra ..... (voice)

Synopsis:

Fanfare (1958) After a fight the brass band in a small village splits up into two separate bands. The M.P. Case (1960) A comedy in which a student steals the statue of Manneken Pis, a Belgian national icon, after the annual soccer match... The Human Dutch (1964) How do the Dutch people live? Hidden cameras filmed the crowds on the beach, during carnival time, skating on the ice plains... The Voice of the Water (1966) This here is a documentary without re-enactments, no 'fakeness', just the bareness of living surrounded by water. Instinct for Survival (1972) Also known as 'For the Beast, Ape and Superape, Aape and Super Ape', the film shows the behavioral patterns which are shared by both man and animals. Doctor Pulder Sows Poppies (1975) A small town doctor gets a visit from a former study-friend. Mr. Slotter's Jubilee (1979) Hein Slotter, unpopular director of a pram factory, reluctantly agrees to celebrate his 25th anniversary. One Could Laugh in Former Days (1983) Ten of the ironic newspaper-columns by the Dutch writer Simon Carmiggelt were turned into a film in honor of his 70st birthday. The Family of Chimps (1984) Filmed from July - October 1983 in Arnhem Zoo, the Netherlands. It is a piece of cinematographic ethology and was designated as 'best Dutch scientific film' of 1984. Battle Without End (1955) Depicts the human struggle against hunger and sickness.

Fanfare:
This unpretentious Dutch film was the handiwork of Bert Haanstra, Holland's foremost postwar director. As Haanstra's first feature-length effort (he'd built his reputation on a series of shorts dealing with famous Flemish painters), Fanfare displays no awkwardness with its extended length. The story takes place in the tiny village of Giethorn, where two amateur brass bands vie for one government grant. The film's satire of small-town pretentiousness is leavened somewhat by a romance involving a saucy lass and the village's only policeman. Fanfare was completed with the help and moral support of British director Alexander Mackendrick, who'd previously helmed such similarly provincial comedies as Whisky Galore and The Maggie.

De Zaak M.P. / The Manneken Pis Case:

Alleman / The Human Dutch:
The Human Dutch was the third feature-length effort from the remarkably prolific Dutch documentary filmmaker Bert Haanstra. In probing into the manners and mores of his own countrymen, Haanstra conveys their peculiarities in an affectionate and immediately accessible manner. The one lasting image from the film -- and the one that has been most often reproduced in film histories -- is the shot of an anonymous couple, a young woman and slightly older man, sharing a kiss as a crowd of strangers looks on approvingly. This film, and Haanstra's subsequent documentary feature Ape and Super Ape, were nominated for Academy Awards. Originally titled Alleman, it is available in English- and German-narrated versions, both scripted by Haanstra.

De Stem van het water / The Voice of the Water:
The close and varying relationship of the Dutch with water, which is both their faithful servant and their bitterest foe.

Bij de beesten af / Instinct for Survival:
Also known as 'Instinct for Survival', this is the effort of Oscar-winning filmmaker Bert Haanstra to show the behavioral patterns which are shared by both man and animals.

Dokter Pulder zaait papavers / Doctor Pulder Sows Poppies:
Doctor Pulder is bored with his life as a rural family physician. The visit of an old friend, now a famous neurologist, excites him greatly. The morning after the visit, however, he discovers that his morphine supply is gone, thanks to his old friend's growing addiction. Shortly afterward, the addicted neurologist dies. Pulder is transformed by these events and leaves his wife and children to move in with the addict's mistress. She is both an addict and an alcoholic, and the doctor is fascinated by the depravity of it all. His life, too, begins a downward spiral.

Een Pak slaag / Mr. Slotter's Jubilee:
In an uneven curiosity from Dutch director Bert Haanstra that seems to have no singular objective, the mistreatment of a company boss comes under scrutiny. When Old Slieps (Paul Steenbergen) retires from managing a baby-buggy factory, he passes his mantle on to Hein Slotter (Kees Brusse), a dull yet efficient manager. Time goes by, and Slotter survives the cold shoulders of the company directors who intensely dislike the man. These directors develop a plan to humiliate Slotter at a celebration of his 25th anniversary as manager as a means of venting their feelings. They concoct a story of his being 'thrashed' by a younger employee and indirectly challenge Slotter to handle this embarrassment as best he can.

Vroeger kon je lachen / One Could Laugh in Former Days:
Ten of the ironic newspaper-columns by the Dutch writer Simon Carmiggelt were turned into a film in honor of his 70st birthday. |

Chimps onder elkaar / The Family of Chimps:

Strijd zonder einde / Battle Without End:
Depicts the human struggle against hunger and sickness. Insects outnumber man by 50 million to one and are man's rival for food. Man has interfered with the balance of nature and now can only come to terms with his rivals by using organised scientific methods of control. Examples are drawn from many parts of the world, including the desert locust in East Africa and the use of aircraft against them.

Fanfare (1958)
After a fight the brass band in a small village splits up into two separate bands. They both want to win a contest and will do anything to prevent the other band from winning it.
The M.P. Case (1960)
A comedy in which a student steals the statue of Manneken Pis, a Belgian national icon, after the annual soccer match between Holland and Belgium, triggering a wave of national rivalry.
The Human Dutch (1964)
How do the Dutch people live? Hidden cameras filmed the crowds on the beach, during carnival time, skating on the ice plains...
The Voice of the Water (1966)
The Voice of the Water shows us a world not so long gone. In contrast to what one could expect, we see a real Dutchman. This here is a documentary without re-enactments, no 'fakeness', just the bareness of living surrounded by water.
Instinct for Survival (1972)
Also known as 'For the Beast, Ape and Superape, Aape and Super Ape', this is the effort of Oscar-winning filmmaker Bert Haanstra to show the behavioral patterns which are shared by both man and animals.
Doctor Pulder Sows Poppies (1975)
A small town doctor gets a visit from a former study-friend. He doesn't know this former surgeon has become a junkie that wants to steal his morphine.
Mr. Slotter's Jubilee (1979)
Hein Slotter, unpopular director of a pram factory, reluctantly agrees to celebrate his 25th anniversary. His only wish is that his successor and mentor, Slieps, gives a speech. Unfortunately Slieps is quite senile and only occasionally has a bright moment. Meanwhile, the party committee learns of a rumor concerning Slotter's younger days and plans to embarrass him during this festive occasion.
One Could Laugh in Former Days (1983)
Ten of the ironic newspaper-columns by the Dutch writer Simon Carmiggelt were turned into a film in honor of his 70st birthday.
The Family of Chimps (1984)
Filmed from July - October 1983 in Arnhem Zoo, the Netherlands. It is a piece of cinematographic ethology and was designated as 'best Dutch scientific film' of 1984.
Battle Without End (1955)
Depicts the human struggle against hunger and sickness.

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