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- In the Nazi-occupied Netherlands during World War II, a Jewish singer infiltrates the regional Gestapo headquarters for the Dutch resistance.
- Two brothers have their friendship put to the test when they both fall in love with the same girl.
- Forensic psychiatrist Fokke Augustinus makes an unexpected career change when he inherits his father's mansion in Groningen where he becomes involved with a criminal organization with a marijuana plantation on his father's land.
- On his birthday, a hitman reluctantly takes on the easy task of killing a writer, only to find the job a lot more difficult than expected.
- News program showcasing the annual adventures of Saint Nicholas and his Pieten from the journey to the Netherlands until the Evening of the Presents.
- As the Dutch title indicates, this series chronicles magnificently the life of William I "the Silent" of Orange, who grew up with his Lutheran family in the princely castle of a minor German countship of Nassau at Dillingen, till at eleven he inherited the vast riches of the prince of Orange (in southern France, with major possessions in the Low Countries), and was sent to the Holy Roman emperor Charles V's sister Margareth's gubernatorial court in Brussels to receive a Catholic education. He soon became a Habsburg confident and high councilor, a gifted diplomat and military officer. However when the persecution of the Protestants -and some other measures- arouses great resistance with the people and many nobles, it gets ever harder to remain loyal to the crown for the Lutheran at heart, who ends up leading the opposition once Charles' heir, king Philip II of Spain, ceases all negotiations and tries to impose his absolute rule by military force, which however only succeeds in splitting the Low Countries in a southern Catholic half under Habsburg control and a northern one, dominated by Calvinists, which ultimately becomes the 'crowned republic' of the Seventeen United Provices under William (and later his heirs, for centuries maintaining his title of Stadholder, theoretically Habsburg governor), painstakingly seeking a diplomatic course amidst the wars and religious civil wars throughout Europe. His personal life is also sketched, including several marriage alliances and a recognized son out of wedlock.
- The start of the career of Herman Brood, who lived his life filled with sex, drugs and rock 'n roll. Guided by his manager they aim to take over the USA with his music.
- Polish deceived woman hides from pimps on a Dutch farm, and shares an intriguing romance with the farmer.
- The motion picture 'De Schippers Van De Kameleon' has won the Golden Cow and the entire cast is attending the ceremony. However, problems increase when famous British spy James Blond kidnaps the main star.
- When drugstore owner Geelman's watch is missing, he accuses incorrigible rascal Pietje Bell. The boy is thrown in jail without trial, but quickly escapes and is proved innocent. During his short prison stay he meets gangmate Willem Sproet's dad Jan Lampe, who wants to resume contact, and crimelord Stark, who buys himself a luxury regime in jail and keeps organizing crime from within. Pietje mobilizes his 'Robin Hood'-type Black Hand gang. He also causes havoc at a party to 'punish' his sister Martha's lover, well-meaning newspaper owner Paul Velinga, and gets abducted to be extorted in jail solitary by Stark. That opens the way for Geelman's son Joost, which Pietje and his gang must prevent. Meanwhile, Stark plans to have a Russian czarist crown stolen from a visiting exposition, but Pietje is tipped off.
- Frisian-spoken costume drama about the turbulent marriage between a writer and a socialist politician.
- An insane, campy and absurd student-film from 1999, reworked into a feature in 2005. It features two estranged brothers and a girlfriend who carry out a robbery on a publisher and a secret cult of priests. Best to watch while intoxicated.
- When Sophia Miller is just about to marry her fiancee Alexis, she gets caught up by her past.
- Separated several months after their birth, twin brothers Peter and Erik learn about each other's existence by accident at the age of 17. Now, they are determined to find the truth behind their mysterious divorce.
- A film inspired on the true story of the two abducted children of Janneke Schoonhoven. She struggled 2 years to get her abducted children back to Holland, from the father that took them to Syria.
- A young woman joins an exclusive Model UN Conference. She is soon overwhelmed by the competition that breaks out. When things escalate, she has no choice but to investigate - untangling a complex web of lies, jealousy and deceit.
- Die Welt is an audacious hybrid between fiction and documentary, showing contemporary Tunisia shortly after the Jasmine revolution in 2011.
- In a small village called Kropsdam, an oppressive, misguided community starts harassing quiet farmer Lammert, after wrongly accusing him of helping to build a wind turbine in their town.
- When Bert's father dies he goes to the mines where his father used to work and goes to put his ashes there but he gets locked in the mines and he is going around telling stores for his last hours alive
- Daniel Moult asks whether J. S. Bach wrote the great Toccata and Fugue in D minor, and travels round Germany and the Netherlands to find out.
- A man finds himself naked in a concerthall full of people. He knows he must be dreaming. He runs and meets a naked woman. She isn't just another person in his dream, she is real, just as much as he is. Somehow they must be sharing the same dream. What do a man and a woman, who are in the same dream, do together? First they try to find clothes...
- This is a film about the insides of the famous Amsterdam Red Light District, the "Walletjes". Juan de Graaf interviewed the people who live, work, visit and patrol the area daily. He then edited a revealing soundtrack, to which he added his own animated characters. Resulting in a very personal view of filmmaker Juan e Graaf.
- How do you survive a war wound? Jewish orphans Betty and Rob were adopted by two sisters in 1946. Until this very day they are still baffled that they survived the Holocaust, a subject they have avoided for over half a century.