Bert Haanstra Movies
- 1958

Speaking of Glass
Speaking of Glass71958HD
The glass factories of Leerdam and Schiedam commissioned Bert Haanstra to make film about glass manufacturing. The entire process can be seen: the...
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- 1954

Arise and Perish
Arise and Perish01954HD
Documentary on the genesis of oil in the Earth's crust.
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- 1955

God Shiva
God Shiva01955HD
Impressive, abstract dance film from Bert Haanstra.
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- 1950

Myrte & The Demons
Myrte & The Demons51950HD
Myrte and the Demons is a hallucinatory trip through a world shot in chiaroscuro in which lugubrious forest spirits take human forms at night. Myrte,...
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- 1950

Mirror of Holland
Mirror of Holland6.2081950HD
In this short film Bert Haanstra gives his vision - from the water – of a tranquil Holland. During filming he held the camera upside down and...
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- 1952

The Dike Builders
The Dike Builders01952HD
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- 1978

National Parks.... Necessarly
National Parks.... Necessarly01978HD
In this film Bert Haanstra shows how important the formation of national parks is for the protection of nature.
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- 1968

Retour Madrid
Retour Madrid5.81968HD
Documentary about Ajax Amsterdam in 1968.
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- 1952

Panta Rhei
Panta Rhei6.21952HD
In 1952, Haanstra made Panta Rhei , another view of Holland through the eyes of a painter and filmmaker. Its poetic images of water, skies and clouds...
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- 1955

Belgian Grand Prix
Belgian Grand Prix01955HD
Highlights of the Belgian Grand Prix from Spa-Francorchamps on June 5th, 1955.
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- 1957

Rembrandt, Painter of Man
Rembrandt, Painter of Man6.31957HD
In Rembrandt, Haanstra shows that it is possible to make a fascinating film only with images from paintings. He had to travel though all over Europe...
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- 1954

The Reconnaissance Drill
The Reconnaissance Drill01954HD
Documentary on the first stage in oil exploration: the first drill.
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- 1983

The Hairdresser
The Hairdresser01983HD
Short film in which Dutch author Simon Carmiggelt visits the hairdresser.
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- 1955

Battle Without End
Battle Without End71955HD
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- 1969

Evoluon
Evoluon01969HD
A 12 minute film about the Evoluon [a conference centre and former science museum erected by the electronics and electrical company Philips at...
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- 1975

Dr. Pulder Sows Poppies
Dr. Pulder Sows Poppies61975HD
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.
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- 1954

The Detection of Mineral Oil
The Detection of Mineral Oil01954HD
Documentary on oil exploration, the phase before drilling.
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- 1983

The World of Simon Carmiggelt
The World of Simon Carmiggelt6.71983HD
Eight newspaper-columns by Dutch writer Simon Carmiggelt were turned into a film in honor of his 70st birthday.
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- 1960

The Manneken Pis Case
The Manneken Pis Case7.51960HD
Kamiel steals the famous Brussels statue of Manneken Pis to impress his girlfriend Denise, the daughter of the man who is supposed to guard it. The...
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- 1949

The Muider Group Revived
The Muider Group Revived61949HD
Bert Haanstra's first film.
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