Gerard Thoolen

Most Popular Gerard Thoolen Trailers

Total trailers found: 37

The Lift Trailer (1983)

11 May 1983

A lift technician finds himself drawn into a web of mystery and peril as he investigates the perplexing deadly accidents occurring in the elevators of a new office building.

Het Werkteater 1970-1985 Trailer (1997)

08 September 1997

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

Fien Trailer (1985)

13 October 1985

Four-part musical about the life of Dutch actress Fien de la Mar, chronicling her earliest days on stage with her father, her glory days as a stage and movie star and the building her own theatre, up until the tragic end of her life.

A Zed & Two Noughts Trailer (1985)

04 October 1985

Identical twin zoologists lose their wives in a car crash caused by a white swan. They become obsessed with the death and decay of animals, and develop a strange and unusual relationship with the driver of the car, a woman who is now an amputee.

Not Mozart: WAM! Limited Trailer (1991)

03 November 1991

Composer Misha Mengelberg collaborates with director Anthony Garner on a commissioned short film to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the death of Mozart.

Kattengat 10 Trailer (1975)

20 April 1975

Documentairy about the progressive theatre group 'Het Werkteater' at their home base on Kattengat 10 in Amsterdam.

A Dry White Season Trailer (1989)

20 September 1989

During the 1976 Soweto uprising, a white school teacher's life and values are threatened when he asks questions about the death of a young black boy who died in police custody.

Prospero's Books Trailer (1991)

30 August 1991

An exiled magician finds an opportunity for revenge against his enemies muted when his daughter and the son of his chief enemy fall in love in this uniquely structured retelling of the 'The Tempest'.

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.

De Schoorsteenveger Trailer (1992)

01 March 1992

A chimney sweep’s daredevil antics are meant to keep a young woman from jumping off the roof. But does she really want to jump? Or does he maybe? A street sweeper is watching and passes the hat round for our hero.

The Cold Light of Day Trailer (1996)

20 August 1996

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

The Illusionist Trailer (1983)

01 January 1983

Two brothers end up separated for one of them has mental issues. Meanwhile one of the two follows his dream in becoming a magician.

Avondrood Trailer (1976)

27 November 1976

TV-adaptation of the performance by the Dutch theatre group 'het Werkteater'. A realistic fairy tale about old people in the no man's land between life and death, set in a retirement home.

Heading for England Trailer (1992)

01 October 1992

A man from the province looks back on his graduation year, some teachers, the parental home and especially his father.

The Flying Dutchman Trailer (1995)

11 May 1995

Late 16th century, persecuted protestantism and general dissatisfaction with the Catholic Habsburg rule in the Netherlands lead to large-scale plundering and vandalizing of churches, only harshening the Spanish Inquisition, sparkling the Eighty Years War.

The Bitter Herb Trailer (1985)

25 April 1985

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, but later they are arrested and deported.

The Three Best Things in Life Trailer (1992)

02 December 1992

In this melancholic comedy we follow the successful young violinist Sacha as she travels by train from Paris to Amsterdam and three days later when she returns, bereft of many illusions yet purified within.

Private Resistance Trailer (1985)

24 January 1985

Otto, a Jewish refugee who managed to escape from Berlin in the early days of WW2, is now the owner of an Amsterdam ice cream parlor.

Red Sien Trailer (1975)

27 March 1975

After her mother -- a prostitute -- is murdered by her father, Sien is raised by her grandparents. Instead of a bourgeois life with grocer's son Gerrit van Buren, she chooses for an adventurous life with toutman Jan Meier.

Een vreemde liefde Trailer (1990)

02 January 1990

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

The Kingmaker Connection Trailer (1983)

08 June 1983

The reconstruction of a Dutch political scandal from the 1960s when a PR specialist managed to gain unhealthy influence in government circles.

Count Your Blessings Trailer (1987)

19 November 1987

Alternating comedy and drama this portrait of different families on three floors in an Amsterdam building where the stairs symbolizes the suffering of known urban living alongside each other.

The Hes Case Trailer (1982)

23 September 1982

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

Toestanden Trailer (1976)

22 December 1976

"Conditions" - The improvisation-based performance was inspired by psychiatrists such as RD Laing (Family and Madness) and J.

In for Treatment Trailer (1979)

11 January 1979

An unsuspecting flower farmer visits the hospital to discuss some test results, only to find himself admitted without explanation for an indefinite period of further examination and observation.

The Mark of the Beast Trailer (1980)

25 September 1980

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).

Happy Days Are Here Again Trailer (1975)

02 October 1975

Tim, now a respectable family man, runs into his old buddy Bodde. Bodde convinces Tim to go out with him under the motto: "Laugh, laugh, laugh!" Tim calls his wife to tell her "he'll be a little late," while Bodde keeps persuading him to stay with him for a new deal or a wonderful plan, and so they roam the country.

Tracks in the Snow Trailer (1985)

26 September 1985

The full title of this Dutch film is Pervola: Tracks in the Snow. A stockbroker moves away from his home village of Pervola and puts his two sons in charge of his business.

My Father Lives in Rio Trailer (1989)

05 March 1989

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 Janeiro.

Hello Fellow Man Trailer (1980)

04 January 1980

TV-adaptation of the performance by the Dutch theatre group 'Het Werkteater'. Three ladies of high society invite homeless people, homeless people and junks to spend a pleasant evening with them, in order to promote communication and integration.

A Hot Summer Night Trailer (1982)

11 March 1982

A husband, half of an entertainment duo, the Nellicos, tells his wife, who is the other half of the duo, that he has another woman.

The Sunday Child Trailer (1992)

24 January 1992

How to Survive a Broken Heart Trailer (1991)

05 April 1991

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 perilous event in which one travels a certain distance on the road by car without stopping.

Transit Trailer (1992)

19 November 1992

Four illegal Brazilian musicians come to try their luck in dynamic Amsterdam... It will be a survival of the fittest.

Charlotte Sophie Bentinck Trailer (1996)

01 September 1996

Marrakech Trailer (1996)

12 October 1996

Cycling Trailer (1979)

14 January 1979

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