Pastorale 1943
In a Dutch village during the German occupation, a small group of badly organized resistance fighters attempt to assassinate a collaborator.
Wim Verstappen
Casts & Crew
Renée Soutendijk
Sylvia Kristel
Rutger Hauer
Dick van den Toorn
Geert de Jong
Pieter Lutz
Coen Flink
Frederik de Groot
Hein Boele
Bernhard Droog
Peter Römer
Femke Boersma
Leen Jongewaard
Sacco van der Made
Jaap Stobbe
Bram van der Vlugt
Also Directed by Wim Verstappen
Detectives Grijpstra and De Gier are sent to investigate the case of a man who apparently hanged himself in a center for oriental meditation. It is ruled as suicide and the case seems to be closed, but the same night there is an attempted break in. The investigation hits a dead end and everyone involved is a suspect. Based on the book "The Corpse in the Haarlemmer Houttuinen” by Jan-Willem van de Wetering.
Little short film from the Scorpio period. Jan de Bont behind the camera.
25-year-old Michael has been released from prison after a five-year sentence. He moves into a big apartment block, filled with young women who gladly have sex with him.
Author Frank's debut novel is successful, but he needs the proceeds to pay off a debt and his girlfriend Mascha ends their relationship. He meets another woman, but he and Mascha also seem to make amends. These amorous vicissitudes give him inspiration for a new book, which will deal with eroticism in the Netherlands.
The dutchified Hungarian Joszef Katús returns, after a months-long absence, to Amsterdam on 29 April 1966. The arrival of the Provos changed a great deal in the Dutch capital. The film follows Katús, mostly roaming the streets, in a loose documentary style. The events are set against the backdrop of four national occasions - The Queen's Birthday, Labour Day, Liberation Day and Remembrance Day.
An excellent masterpiece about a man who loves to fly
'Alicia' is a Dutch erotic film directed by Wim Verstappen, based on an original screenplay by Wim Verstappen and Charles Gormley. Alicia, a bored hosewife, leaves her husband and children in search of adventure.
Film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Simon Vestdijk from 1968. During a dinner with the Van der Laan family, memories are reminisced about previous parties that ended in orgy-like scenes.