Gerard Thoolen Movies

  • 1995
    The Flying Dutchman

    The Flying Dutchman

    The Flying Dutchman

    6.21995HD

    Late 16th century, persecuted protestantism and general dissatisfaction with the Catholic Habsburg rule in the Netherlands lead to large-scale...

    The Flying Dutchman
  • 1990
    Een vreemde liefde

    Een vreemde liefde

    Een vreemde liefde

    01990HD

    A lonely man tossed by life and hectored by his landlady finds happiness only with an alley cat.

    Een vreemde liefde
  • 1987
    Count Your Blessings

    Count Your Blessings

    Count Your Blessings

    3.751987HD

    Alternating comedy and drama this portrait of different families on three floors in an Amsterdam building where the stairs symbolizes the suffering...

    Count Your Blessings
  • 1970
    Always something different, rarely something good

    Always something different, rarely something good

    Always something different, rarely something good

    01970HD

    Orlow Seunke's graduation film is a rural tragedy about an alcoholic father, a tyrannical mother and their weak son. Gerard Thoolen plays the...

    Always something different, rarely something good
  • 1996
    The Cold Light of Day

    The Cold Light of Day

    The Cold Light of Day

    4.751996HD

    A troubled detective befriends a single woman and her daughter with the intention of using them as bait for a serial killer.

    The Cold Light of Day
  • 1982
    The Hes Case

    The Hes Case

    The Hes Case

    51982HD

    Hes, an uptight and disaffected social worker reaching retirement, discovers a young woman, Anna, in the closet of an acquaintance who has committed...

    The Hes Case
  • 1985
    The Bitter Herb

    The Bitter Herb

    The Bitter Herb

    6.61985HD

    This film is about the Jewish girl Sara and the ruin of her family during World War II. Her parents have to live in the Jewish ghetto in Amsterdam,...

    The Bitter Herb
  • 1989
    My Father Lives in Rio

    My Father Lives in Rio

    My Father Lives in Rio

    6.71989HD

    Liesje’s parents are divorced. She lives in a nice house with her mother and grandpa. Liesje writes letters to her father who lives in Rio de...

    My Father Lives in Rio
  • 1980
    The Mark of the Beast

    The Mark of the Beast

    The Mark of the Beast

    4.91980HD

    In 1928 in the northern part of the Netherlands, a man has an affair with the wife of one of his friends (who is in jail at the time). Because she...

    The Mark of the Beast
  • 1979
    Cycling

    Cycling

    Cycling

    01979HD

    The film presents regular Stadsjournaal actor Gerard Thoolen as a rebellious cyclist gallivanting around the streets of Amsterdam performing anarchic...

    Cycling
  • 1991
    How to Survive a Broken Heart

    How to Survive a Broken Heart

    How to Survive a Broken Heart

    01991HD

    D.C. has been abandoned by his girlfriend Nola, wants to go to Hollywood and participates in 'chicken races' out of desperation and lack of money; a...

    How to Survive a Broken Heart
  • 1997
    Het Werkteater 1970-1985

    Het Werkteater 1970-1985

    Het Werkteater 1970-1985

    01997HD

    Documentary about the Dutch theatregroup the Werktheater. The aim of the company was to create socially relevant theater by means of cooperative...

    Het Werkteater 1970-1985
  • 1979
    In for Treatment

    In for Treatment

    In for Treatment

    6.41979HD

    An unsuspecting flower farmer visits the hospital to discuss some test results, only to find himself admitted without explanation for an indefinite...

    In for Treatment