Johan van der Keuken Movies

  • 1991
    Face Value

    Face Value

    Face Value

    5.81991HD

    Face Value is a film combining a conscious approach with spontaneity, and contemplation with action. It presents us with the differing views of a...

    Face Value
  • 1974
    Filmmaker's Holiday

    Filmmaker's Holiday

    Filmmaker's Holiday

    61974HD

    The film is put together as a collection of autonomous images which, once combined, make up van der Keuken's mental universe: family happiness,...

    Filmmaker's Holiday
  • 1964
    Indische jongen

    Indische jongen

    Indische jongen

    01964HD

    One of Van der Keuken's earliest fictional shorts.

    Indische jongen
  • 1958
    Les Ratés

    Les Ratés

    Les Ratés

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    A 1958 French language short film written and directed by Costa-Gavras, starring Guy Mairesse, Paniaras and Jean Patrick.

    Les Ratés
  • 1968
    De Tijd Geest

    De Tijd Geest

    De Tijd Geest

    01968HD

    Protesting youngsters chant slogans such as “Johnson murderer” and sing “Murderer, many people are being killed”. It is the...

    De Tijd Geest
  • 1973
    The White Castle

    The White Castle

    The White Castle

    71973HD

    Part of Johan van der Keuken's North/South series, The White Castle focuses on the impact of the West on the underclass: on the concrete realities of...

    The White Castle
  • 1978
    De platte jungle

    De platte jungle

    De platte jungle

    51978HD

    Documentary about the Wadden Sea in which Van der Keuken looks at this ribbon in the landscape through the eyes of a city-dweller. A film about the...

    De platte jungle
  • 1960
    Een zondag

    Een zondag

    Een zondag

    01960HD

    Rare fictional short, written by Remco Campert, in the veins of existentialism. About a young man who is in love with the girlfriend of his best pal.

    Een zondag
  • 1976
    Spring

    Spring

    Spring

    01976HD

    Five portraits from the mid-seventies. The nouveau riches and the nouveau pauvres take their places. With Joop Uchtman, Claude Menard, Ome Joop...

    Spring
  • 1962
    Opland

    Opland

    Opland

    01962HD

    The indomitable laughter of a radical. A collage. Third of four in a series for the VPRO.

    Opland
  • 1963
    De oude dame

    De oude dame

    De oude dame

    01963HD

    An adaptation of a story by Remco Campert. The long and silent image of a boy during the morning hours, in front of a mirror.

    De oude dame
  • 1994
    Hexagon

    Hexagon

    Hexagon

    81994HD

    Hexagon
  • 1968
    The Spirit of the Times

    The Spirit of the Times

    The Spirit of the Times

    01968HD

    In SPIRIT OF THE TIME (1968) van der Keuken presents a collage of "drop-outs," protesters (both left and right), musicians and "hippies." He...

    The Spirit of the Times
  • 1965
    Vier muren

    Vier muren

    Vier muren

    01965HD

    Film essay about the slums of 1960's Amsterdam.

    Vier muren
  • 1967
    Big Ben: Ben Webster in Europe

    Big Ben: Ben Webster in Europe

    Big Ben: Ben Webster in Europe

    51967HD

    In the late sixties, the American saxophone player and living jazz legend Ben Webster lived in Amsterdam for a year. Webster, who was born in Kansas...

    Big Ben: Ben Webster in Europe
  • 1973
    The Reading-Lesson

    The Reading-Lesson

    The Reading-Lesson

    6.51973HD

    Van der Keuken juxtaposes images of Dutch children learning to read against those of the coup d'état in Chile.

    The Reading-Lesson
  • 1970
    Beauty

    Beauty

    Beauty

    61970HD

    Detective Beauty undertakes an investigation into reality. He tries to understand a world he cannot grasp, to capture the things that escape him.

    Beauty
  • 1973
    Vietnam Opera

    Vietnam Opera

    Vietnam Opera

    51973HD

    A "revolutionary theater" troupe from North Vietnam performs in Amsterdam.

    Vietnam Opera
  • 1966
    Blind Child 2

    Blind Child 2

    Blind Child 2

    6.91966HD

    Two years after making his film BLIND KIND, Van der Keuken contacted the blind boy that had impressed him most at the time.

    Blind Child 2
  • 1997
    Amsterdam Afterbeat

    Amsterdam Afterbeat

    Amsterdam Afterbeat

    5.31997HD

    Johan van der Keuken: 'We kept the ends of a lot of shots in Amsterdam Global Village: the camera leaves the subject and pans to the sound woman, who...

    Amsterdam Afterbeat