Fons Rademakers

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Alphonse Marie "Fons" Rademakers (5 September 1920 – 22 February 2007) was a Dutch actor, film director, film producer and screenwriter. His 1960 film Makkers Staakt uw Wild Geraas was entered into the 11th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Silver Bear Award. During a career spanning several decades he directed 11 films, including The Assault, which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1986, and The Village on the River, nominated for the same award in 1959. Making him both the first Dutch director to be nominated and win this award. He granted a wide-ranging interview to Radio Netherlands in 1987. He died in 2007 in a Geneva hospital of emphysema, after the life-support machines were switched off at his request.

Most Popular Fons Rademakers Trailers

Total trailers found: 26

Lifespan Trailer (1975)

05 September 1975

Cult icon Klaus Kinski features in this dark and intriguing existential thriller. He plays the mysterious "Swiss Man" - ruthless industrialist Nicolas Ulrich - who is obsessed with a search for the elixir of life.

Mysteries Trailer (1978)

07 September 1978

In the winter of 1891 a stranger arrives in a small coastal town on the Isle of Man. His presence soon disturbs the lives of the local inhabitants, especially the beautiful daughter of the parson.

The Assault Trailer (1986)

06 February 1986

At the end of WWII the Dutch resistance kills a German officer in front of the house of a Dutch family.

Daughters of Darkness Trailer (1971)

28 May 1971

Ostend, Belgium. In a decadent seaside hotel, Stefan and Valerie, a newlywed couple, meet the mysterious Countess Báthory and Ilona, her secretary.

All Rebels Trailer (1983)

03 November 1983

All Rebels paints a picture of the young people who congregated around Amsterdam’s Leidseplein square in the days before wider protest movements broke out in the late ’60s and the ’70s.

Because of the Cats Trailer (1973)

15 March 1973

A gang of six wealthy, well-dressed and well-spoken hoodlums break into a married couple's house and rape the wife while forcing the husband to watch.

Katie Tippel Trailer (1975)

06 March 1975

In the late 19th-century, the Tippel family moves to rural Stavoren in search of greener pastures. However, their dreams are quickly shattered, as teenage Katie is terrorized by a male-dominated society who only see her as an object.

The Rose Garden Trailer (1989)

22 December 1989

In Germany, an old man attacks another old man and is arrested. The attacker refuses to speak. A female lawyer is appointed to him.

Diary of a Mad Old Man Trailer (1987)

18 March 1987

In this erotic drama, Marcel fantasizes about being with his daughter-in-law Simone after the death of his wife.

Obsessions Trailer (1969)

15 August 1969

A young medical student observes his neighbour's love life through a hole in his apartment wall.

Mira Trailer (1971)

04 March 1971

The story of a small and conservative West-Flemish village opposing the construction of a bridge over the Scheldt.

Like Two Drops of Water Trailer (1963)

21 February 1963

The fainthearted cigar trader Ducker keeps himself quiet during World War II. That changes when parachutist Dorbeck lands in his backyard.

The Inheritance Trailer (1978)

21 December 1978

An ageing GP tries to convince his son in law to take over his practice. Monique van de Ven plays the doctor's daughter, who is torn apart by love of her husband and solidarity with her father.

The Dance of the Heron Trailer (1966)

07 April 1966

The rich and conservative Edward can not forgive his younger wife who had been unfaithful. She's trying to get his attention by flirting with a Dutch tourist.

Max Havelaar: or, The Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company Trailer (1976)

09 September 1976

An idealistic Dutch colonial officer posted to Indonesia in the 19th century is cohvinced that he can make the kinds of changes that will actually help the local people he is in charge of, but circumstances soon make him realize just how out of touch he really is, and it doesn't take long for things to go from bad to worse.

The Knife Trailer (1961)

02 March 1961

A boy is resentful of his mother's budding romance with the best friend of her late husband, and is torn and confused about his emerging feelings for Toni, a young girl in his neighborhood.

That Joyous Eve... Trailer (1960)

26 October 1960

The story of three torn apart families on the verge of Sinterklaasavond, the Dutch equivalent of Christmas Eve.

Hollywood by Bike Trailer (1993)

01 January 1993

Documentary that looks back at 35 years of Dutch cinema, with Paul Verhoeven and others.

The Enemies Trailer (1968)

05 September 1968

In the freezing winter of 1944, the devastating Battle of the Bulge rages across Belgium. Amid the chaos, an American soldier separated from his unit crosses paths with Richard, a cynical young Belgian boy, and Willy, a wounded German soldier they take as a prisoner.

Aah... Tamara Trailer (1965)

01 January 1965

A student is working part-time on a canal boat in Amsterdam and a young director wants to make a film about her.

Village by the River Trailer (1958)

19 August 1958

An independent-thinking doctor in a rural community with his own ideas of how medicine should be practiced begins to find himself ostracized from the community after one of his patients commits suicide.

My Friend, or The Hidden Life of Jules Depraeter Trailer (1979)

04 April 1979

Based on a notorious Belgian court case, My Friend, or The Hidden Life of Jules Depraeter follows Jules Depraeter, a charming but manipulative businessman from Ghent who becomes entangled in robbery, fraud and conspiracy.

Gejaagd door de winst (of het A.B.C. van de moderne samenleving) Trailer (1977)

01 January 1977

A three independent parts sci-fi drama. In the first, entitled The Bomb, a story of a garage mechanic is told who finds an atomic bomb by accident.

Vrijdag Trailer (1981)

07 March 1981

Hugo Claus rewrote and directed Friday as the cinematic version of his original 1969 play of the same name.

Camera Sutra (or the Pale Faces) Trailer (1973)

01 January 1973

The Herts Camera Sutra or The Palefaces (1973) is a militant and visually fragmented critique of Belgian bourgeois society, blending documentary collage with semi-autobiographical fiction.

Markant: Elise Hoomans Trailer (1972)

15 October 1972

In this episode, actress and theater director Elise Hoomans.