Flemish Films Classic Collection - 40-DVD Box Set ( A Peasant's Psalm / Bruges, Still Life / The Lion of Flanders / The Conscript / Pallieter / The Flaxfield / The Van Paemel Family / Mira / Farewells / Friday / The Wedding Party / The Enemies / Doctor Vlimmen / Hellegat / Istanbul ) ( Seagulls Die in the Harbour / Going Home / Burned Bridges / The Memory of a Killer / Zaman / A Three-Day Weekend / Roland or Chronicle Of Passion / Hector / Max / Brussels by Night / Het sacrament / Paradise Lost / Het einde van de reis / Princess )

Flemish Films Classic Collection - 40-DVD Box Set (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: A Peasant's Psalm / Bruges, Still Life / The Lion of Flanders / The Conscript / Pallieter / The Flaxfield / The Van Paemel Family / Mira / Farewells / Friday / The Wedding Party / The Enemies / Doctor Vlimmen / Hellegat / Istanbul
Alternate Title: Seagulls Die in the Harbour / Going Home / Burned Bridges / The Memory of a Killer / Zaman / A Three-Day Weekend / Roland or Chronicle Of Passion / Hector / Max / Brussels by Night / Het sacrament / Paradise Lost / Het einde van de reis / Princess
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Berlin International Film Festival
Cannes Film Festival
European Film Awards
Moscow International Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

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

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

Running Time:
3400 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Box Set
Collectors Edition
Interactive Menu
Multi-DVD Set
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1955 - 2007 and produced in:
Belgium ( France, Benelux )
France ( France, Benelux )
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )
Indonesia ( India, Eastern Asia )
Italy ( Italy, Greece )
Luxembourg ( France, Benelux )
Netherlands ( France, Benelux )
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Roland Verhavert
Hugo Claus
Jan Gruyaert
Paul Cammermans
Fons Rademakers
Dominique Deruddere
Guido Pieters
Patrick Le Bon
Marc Didden
Rik Kuypers
Ivo Michiels
Hans Hylkema
Guido Henderickx
Erik Van Looy
Vincent Rouffaer
Stijn Coninx
Freddy Coppens
Harry Kümel
Peter Simons
Herman Wuyts
Bobby Eerhart
Nic Balthazar
Jef Van de Water
Patrick Conrad
Jean-Pierre De Decker
Jean-Paul Lilienfeld
Hans Herbots
Robbe De Hert

Actors:
Bert André ..... Pastoor
Jef Burm ..... Amelieke
Ludo Busschots ..... Frisine
Sabine De Volder ..... Fons
Christel Domen ..... Fien
Jos van Gorp ..... Ossekop
Idwig Stephane ..... Hugues Viane
Chris Boni ..... Rosalie, de huishoudster
Caroline Vlerick ..... Bloemenmeisje
Cécile Fondu ..... Danseres
Bert André ..... Eremiet (I)
Theu Boermans ..... Moeder Breydel
Hans Boskamp ..... Jan van Renesse
Ansje Beentjes ..... Katrien
Gella Allaert ..... Katriens moeder
Idwig Stephane ..... Korporaal
Jacqueline Rommerts ..... Marieke
Joris Diels ..... Pastoor
Rudi Van Vlaenderen ..... Oude graaf
Cary Fontyn ..... Bohumil
Rene Van Sambeek ..... Louis Vermeulen
Dirk Celis ..... Bert
Dries Wieme ..... Poortere
Jos Geens ..... Doorken de Slijter
Frank Aendenboom ..... Rentmeester
Chris Boni ..... Boerin Van Paemel
Walter Claessens ..... Baron de Wilde
Harry De Peuter ..... Rijkswachter 2
Frans Van De Velde ..... Pastoor Liekens
Jan Decleir ..... Masco
Willeke van Ammelrooy ..... Mira
Carlos van Lanckere ..... deken Broeke
Luc Ponette ..... Maurice Rondeau
Mart Gevers ..... Manse
Petra Laseur ..... Laure
Senne Rouffaer ..... Jessen, steward
Frank Aendenboom ..... Georges
Herbert Flack ..... Erik
Hugo Van Den Berghe ..... Jules
Ann Petersen ..... Moeder van Erik
Armin Rohde ..... Hermann Walzer
Josef Heynert ..... Andy Walzer
Del Negro ..... Mike, Amerikaanse soldaat
Robbe De Hert ..... Richard, jongen uit Antwerpen
Raymonde Serverius ..... Haar moeder, de boerin
Adriaan Adriaanse ..... Nieuwsgierige boer
Tim Beekman ..... Tilly
Paul S'Jongers ..... Louis
Jeroen Krabbe ..... Hendrik Ten Berghe
Peter Faber ..... Van Bergen Henegouwen
Yves Beneyton ..... Louis
Dirk Roofthooft ..... Vader Cuypers
Werner De Smedt ..... Freddy Verstuyft
Marc Janssen ..... Zaman
Gerda Lindekens ..... Magda
Sylvia Sabbe ..... Valerie
Bob Van der Veken ..... Paul Tienpondt
René Verreth ..... Philemon Persez
Elizabeth Teissier ..... Rolande
Marc Van Eeghem ..... Jos Mattheusen
Ianka Fleerackers ..... Sofie de Keuckeleire
Luc Philips ..... Gaspard de Keuckeleire
Johan Joos ..... Stationsbediende
Daniël Van Avermaet ..... Taxi-chauffeur
Nellie Rosiers ..... Josephine-Charlotte
Ann Petersen ..... Natalie
Jan Decleir ..... Albert
Bert André ..... Jan Boel
Nora Barten ..... Tuur
Bert Champagne ..... Delsupehe
Polly Geerts ..... Walter
Annick Christiaens ..... Lisa
Chris Lomme ..... Sybil
Greg Timmermans ..... Ben
Gilles De Schryver ..... Coppola
Geert Hunaerts ..... Harry Voss at 12
Florence Béliard ..... The Princess / The corpse
Bert André ..... Wachter
Urbanus ..... Placide Smellekens
Alex Barbaix ..... Man in grijs
Piet Bergers ..... Mijnheer Vanderpluym
Peter Van den Begin ..... Claude
Stan Van Samang ..... Serge Helsen
Faye Dunaway ..... Mrs. Hildegarde

Synopsis:

A Peasant's Psalm / Boerenpsalm (1989)
Bruges, Still Life / Brugge, die stille (1981)
Lion of Flanders / De leeuw van Vlaanderen (1985)
Conscript / De loteling (1974)
Pallieter (1976)
Flaxfield / De vlaschaard (1985)
Van Paemel Family / Het gezin van Paemel (1987)
Mira (1971)
Farewells / Het afscheid (1966)*No English*
Friday / Vrijdag (1980)
Wedding Party / De bloedbruiloft (2005)*No English*
Enemies / De vijanden (1968)
Doctor Vlimmen / Dokter Vlimmen (1977)*No English*
Hellegat (1980)*No English*
Istanbul (1985)
Seagulls Die in the Harbour / Meeuwen sterven in de haven (1955)
Going Home / Oeroeg (1993)
Burned Bridges / Verbrande brug (1975)
Memory of a Killer / De zaak Alzheimer (2003)
Zaman (1983)*No English*
A Three-Day Weekend / De Kollega's maken de brug! (1988)*No English*
Roland or Chronicle Of Passion / Rolande met de bles (1973)
Hector (1987)
Max (1994)
Brussels by Night (1983)
Het sacrament (1990)*No English*
Paradise Lost / Het verloren paradijs (1978)
Het einde van de reis (1981)*No English*
Princess (1969)
Stronghold / Wildschut (1985)*No English*
Ben X (2007)*No English*
Crazy Love (1987)
Enclosure / In kluis (1978)
Koko Flanel (1990)
Slachtvee (1979)*No English*
Jumping / Springen (1986)
Seventh Heaven / De zevende hemel (1993)*No English*
Stormforce / Windkracht 10 (2006)
Wait Until Spring, Bandini (1989)
Whitey / De witte (1980)

A Peasant's Psalm (1989)
This Flemish heimat-movie after a novel by Felix Timmermans, the title of which translates as 'farmers psalm', is about the at first sight idyllic, but actually tragical life of Wortel, a god-fearing peasant in a pre-war Belgian village, who has a hard time accepting the curate's assurance it's all part of God's grand plan when his loved ones keep coming to terrible harm, and searching solace in the hand-carving of a wooden statue of Christ.
Bruges, Still Life (1981)
Hugues cannot get over the untimely death of his wife Blanche, who made him happy for ten years. He lives alone in his house in Bruges, a city he would like to be dead like his wife. The sorrowful widower has transformed the place he lives in into a shrine dedicated to his beloved wife. One day, he meets Jeanne, a ballet dancer, who looks like Blanche.
The Lion of Flanders (1985)
A tale centered on the Battle of the Golden Spurs in 1302 where the Flemish rank and file won a major victory over the glorious French knights.
The Conscript (1974)*Dutch audio with English, Dutch & French subtitles*
In 1833, when the fledgling Belgian kingdom still fears a Dutch invasion, recruits were selected annually from an age cohort by a draw of lots in each locality. In this grim, then contemporary drama by the 'father of Flemish literature', Hendrik Conscience, Jan Braems, a poor and naive farmers-boy, accepts the not uncommon offer by a rich family to sell his lucky ticket (out) to their son for a hefty sum compared to the miserable labor wages at the time. Army life is even harsher then a farmhand's, especially for a Dutch-speaking an-alphabet who simply can't understand his francophone superiors, and Jan's nature is not complacent enough for military discipline even by today's standards, so he soon gets into all kinds of trouble, including gambling his capital away and a venereal disease. When his girlfriend back home goes looking for him, her life is doomed as well.
Pallieter (1976)
In this film version of the Dutch-language classic ('heimat') novel by Flemish author Felix Timmermans, the title character is a city-boy from Lier who after recovering from a life-threatening disease changes his life completely and his name to the self-invented Pallieter (the Dutch language has adopted this as a noun for a 'bon vivant'). He moves in with Charlote, a naive, caring relative in the country, where he starts frolicking, no longer caring for image, career or possessions, but concentrates on enjoying life -such as a draftee relative's Brueghelian wedding- and finds love with Marieke. A dark story-line however is when projected work on the river in the name of economical progress threatens the rural landscape they have fallen in love with.
The Flaxfield (1985)
In a part of Flanders where flax is the main crop, farmer Vermeulen rules his estate like an 'old school' patriarch, stern and authoritarian, nobody else's word is ever taken seriously, just scolded fools, he rather risks being wrong than considering any advice.
The Van Paemel Family (1987)
Flanders' countryside in Belgium's early decades didn't belong to the hard-working farmers, like patriarch Van Paemel, who would rather die then consider any alternative to knowing his place and responding to problems like Animal farm's donkey, toiling even harder till it kills him anyhow. He rules his family expecting similar servitude, but cruel fate sees to it that his gentle son Desiré has a terrible, ill-compensated, never trialed life-long crippling rifle-accident, reducing the good, now unproductive boy to dreaming about emigration to America in never-ending pain, at the idle hands of the hunting party hosted by the baron who owns everything, and takes like his ruling class a very dim view at the demands, spearheaded by the young Socialist party, of the less docile new generation, whose protests are put down violently by gendarmes (paramiltary police)...
Mira (1971)*Dutch audio with English, Dutch & French subtitles*
The story of a small and conservative West-Flemish village opposing the construction of a bridge over the Scheldt.
Farewells (1966)***No English***
Friday (1980)
Georges, a workman in his forties, get unexpected released from jail after being imprisoned for two years for having passed a sexual relation with his daughter. Once arrived home, he encountered himself in a difficult situation: Meanwhile him being in imprisoned, his wife started a love affair with his best friend, and more, she has gotten a child from him. Georges is prepared to forgive his wife, as a compensation for the crime committed with their daughter, and under the condition that she comes back to live with him. In this complex and emotional loaded situation, Georges and his wife are trying to find back peace of mind and to go on with their lives.
The Wedding Party (2005)***No English***
The Enemies (1968)
An American soldier travels Belgium during the Ardennes offensive to get back to his unit. He is being accompanied by a young Belgian and the German they take prisoner.
Doctor Vlimmen (1977)***No English***
Hellegat (1980)***No English***
Istanbul (1985)*Dutch audio with English, Dutch & French subtitles*
Martin, an outcast from society, is determined to reach Istanbul where he believes he will find redemption. Along his journey, he meets Willy, a student working in Belgium during his vacation. Willy, impressed by Martin's intensity and fascinated by his tales of Istanbul decides to join him for the adventure of a lifetime.
Seagulls Die in the Harbour (1955)*Dutch audio with English, Dutch & French subtitles*
A pessimistic urban drama, with a musical score by Jack Sels and Max Damasse, charts in strongly expressionistically lit black-and-white images the wanderings of a tormented man through the cosmopolitan port city of Antwerp. The only people to show him understanding are an orphan and two disillusioned women.
Going Home (1993)*English audio, Dutch audio with Dutch subtitles*
Johan Ten Berghe joins the Dutch army when the Durtch East Indies unilaterally declare independence as Indonesia. He initiates his naive driver Twan in life in the East, having grown up there as son of colonial official Hendrik, now missing. Their adventures intertwine with Johan's childhood memories, especially concerning his native best friend, Oeroeg, who joined the rebellion, as well as their nanny and later de facto stepmother. Conflicting loyalties become tangible in extreme situations.
Burned Bridges (1975)*Dutch audio with English, Dutch & French subtitles*
When they meet at a village fair, long buried tensions erupt between the individuals who make up two couples. Monique (Doris Arden) has had a child by another man; the child was adopted by her husband, Charel (Jan Decleir). Not otherwise a sensitive man, he bristles when he meets her former lover Louis Yves Benyton), now married to Lola (Malka Robovska).
The Memory of a Killer (2003)*Dutch audio with English, Dutch & French subtitles*
Vincke and Verstuyft are the best detectives of the Antwerp police department. They are confronted with the murder on a leading executive and put all their effort to catch the murderer.
Zaman (1983)***No English***
A Three-Day Weekend (1988)***No English***
Roland or Chronicle Of Passion (1973)
After World War I, widower Renier has returned to his estate Horlebecq. His sole diversion is his correspondence with the Parisian Rolande, who he met during the war. Even though his family is pressuring him into marrying his sister-in-law Emily, Renier stays obsessed with Rolande and even visits her in Paris. She manages to persuade him to invest large sums of money into the 'Academie de Beauté' in Paris. His reckless investments and breaking off his engagement with Emily leads to unbearable tensions at Horlebecq...
Hector (1987)*Dutch audio with English, Dutch & French subtitles*Hector had been in the orphanage for 35 years, until his aunt Ella and uncle Achiel pick him up. They want him to work at their bakery. At his new home he also helps training Achiel's son, Jos, who wants to be a cycling champion, and Ella with studying her role in a play.
Max (1994)
Max sells trophies, but is much more interested in dancing than in selling.
Brussels by Night (1983)*Dutch audio with English, Dutch & French subtitles*
This is the story of a man who travels to Brussels, and meets some people with whom he spends a few days. When they all go on a day trip to the 'slanting plane' of Ronquieres, all sorts of bottled up frustrations flare up.
Het sacrament (1990)***No English***
Paradise Lost (1978)
The Mayor of a small Flemish town is determined at all costs to save a unique bird sanctuary from a ruthless businessman who advocates a housing development on the site. The main story, though, centers on a childhood trauma that unites the two men and a dark femme fatale whom one desires and the other attempts to manipulate- she is Mayor's cousin.
Het einde van de reis (1981)***No English***
Princess (1969)*English audio/Dutch audio with Dutch subtitles*
Freelance photographer Mark (Herman van Veen) gets an idea to create a picture novel, and he asks his friend Walter - who failed as a writer - to write a story with all the ingredients for a commercial success: sex, violence, car chases, women and gunfights...
Stronghold (1985)***No English***
Ben X (2007)***No English***
Crazy Love (1987)*Dutch audio with English, Dutch & French subtitles*
Three 'Bukowskian' torrid nights in the life of a man in search of love. Harry Voss, 12, is young and naive. Love, for him, is romantic love between princes and princesses demurely kissing each other on the mouth. His father is a hero who kidnapped his mother and married her on a lonely mountain peak... Later on, he'll do the same. But Harry has a lot to learn. He also learns that there are handsome men and ugly ones, that love can be unfair. That one can find comfort in drinking... but above all he learns that man is capable of anything - absolutely anything! - to get his fair share of love.
The Enclosure (1978)*Silent*
A gamekeeper who can neither speak nor hear keeps solitary watch from the tower of a crumbling castle using binoculars and a telescope. Across the river, and in full sight of his telescope, a house is built by what turns out to be a painter. He carefully observes everything which he can see of the interactions between the painter and his mistress/model as their relationship develops and deteriorates.
Koko Flanel (1990)*Dutch audio with English subtitles*
Placide's dad tells him on his deathbed he'll haunt him if he doesn't find a woman soon. When he accidentally enters a photo shoot, Placide meets Sarah.
Slachtvee (1979)***No English***
Jumping (1986)
'Semper Vivax' is not just another retirement home. The guests there get their best real-life memories played out for them.
Seventh Heaven (1993)***No English***
Stormforce (2006)*Dutch audio with English, Dutch & French subtitles*
After an over-cocky inter-forces 'anti-terrorism' game in which he damaged the minister's car, Belgian Army special ops diver Rick Symons is transferred to the Navy. Alas, in Koksijde base's rescue unit, rivalry among both Seaking helicopter crews is as dangerously blind. Rick has a stormy hate-love-relationship with female medic Alex Breynaert. And his past, an incident which left veteran Koen crippled for life, sort of catches up. Koen's crazy scheme has dire consequences, breaking Rick's will to go on. But he changes his mind during a ship fire emergency and takes extreme risks.
Wait Until Spring, Bandini (1989) *English audio with Dutch subtitles*
Young Arturo Bandini loves his father Svevo, his mother Maria and his brothers.
Whitey (1980)*Dutch audio with English, Dutch & French subtitles*
The second movie version, now in color, of Flemish (heimat) author Ernest Claes' classical novel, titled after the nickname (Dutch 'the White', referring to a blond male) of the main character. The smart but naughty farmhands son's eternal mischief, pranks and disobedience drive his elders (especially teachers, family and father's grumpy employer, a rich farmer, but also neighbors and even the kind curate whose liturgical server he is) and classmates to despair in a time when a boy's punishment was still inevitable, swift and often severe; thus when his mother catches him skinny dipping she takes all his clothes home, forcing him to a long walk of shame, dreading dad's wrath all the way. This version also stresses the story's social and Flamingant aspects.

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