Hugo Claus

Hugo Claus Trailers

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Hugo Maurice Julien Claus was a leading Belgian author who published under his own name as well as various pseudonyms. Claus' literary contributions spanned the genres of drama, the novel, and poetry; he also left a legacy as a painter and film director. He wrote primarily in Dutch, although he also wrote some poetry in English.

Most Popular Hugo Claus Trailers

Total trailers found: 27

Herman the Gangster Trailer (1995)

01 January 1995

Short gangster film based on a novella by Belgian writer Hugo Claus.

Sylvia Kristel: Nu Trailer (2007)

24 February 2007

Thirty years ago Sylvia Kristel became world-famous with 'Emmanuelle'. This erotic film was the starting point of a curious career, during which Sylvia acted in more than 50 international film productions, including a short-lived career in Hollywood.

De luitenant Trailer (1964)

01 January 1964

A film about friendship between forsaken boys.

Thursday We Shall Sing Like Sunday Trailer (1967)

01 January 1967

A bitter-sweet story of a young sales assistant and a truck driver trapped between their dreams and the economic depression.

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.

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.

Mascara Trailer (1987)

07 May 1987

A respected police commissioner has a reputation as a opera lover, but by night he also enjoys plunging into the transvestite scene.

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.

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.

Jan Cox, a Painter's Odyssey Trailer (1988)

01 January 1988

Biographical film about the life and work of the Belgian painter Jan Cox. Cox had a tempestuous youth, during which he co-founded the Jeune Peinture Belge group and worked on the fringes of the Cobra movement.

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.

Pallieter Trailer (1975)

12 December 1975

In this film version of the Dutch-language classic ('heimat'-)novel by Flemish author Felix Timmermans, the title character is a city-boy from Lier who after recovering from a life-threatening disease changes his life completely and his name to the self-invented Pallieter.

De droomproducenten Trailer (1984)

01 January 1984

Documentary exploring why Belgian television doesn't invest more money in Belgian cinema as is the case in e.

Whitey Trailer (1980)

17 December 1980

The second movie version, now in color, of Flemish (heimat-)author Ernest Claes' classical novel, titled after the nickname (Dutch 'the White', referring to a blond male) of the main character.

Minuet Trailer (1982)

02 September 1982

A factory worker is employed in the desolate, cold-storage cellars of a brewery. His spare time he devotes to collecting romantic images of wild flowers and sticking newspaper cuttings in an album, demonstrating a preference for more gruesome stories.

The Lion of Flanders Trailer (1985)

14 March 1985

The story takes place in 14th-century Flanders, a region suffering under the oppressive and bloody occupation of the French King, Philip the Fair.

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.

The Sacrament Trailer (1990)

16 February 1990

The 1950s. A family has its annual family reunion to commemorate the anniversary of mother's death. People drink and eat heavily and after a while all restrictions are lost.

De Verlossing Trailer (2001)

14 November 2001

A Flemish family comes together in their maternal home. Oscar, the grotesque patriarch, his bedridden wife Magda, his feeble son Johnny and his daughter Julia, who's married to a Moroccan soccer player.

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.

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.

Cancer Rising Trailer (1975)

18 September 1975

Well to do business man Pierre falls for the unpredictable and free spirited Toni. They begin a relationship, despite the fact that she's living with another man who is the father of her child.

Permeke Trailer (1985)

01 January 1985

When Anna, a twenty-eight-year-old photographer, is put in charge of a report on the restoration works at The Ostend Museum of Modern Art, she discovers by chance five paintings signed Constant Permeke, whose power and mystery move and fascinate her.

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.

Janssen & Janssens draaien een film Trailer (1990)

01 November 1990

A documentary celebrating 25 years of flemish subsidised cinema.

The van Paemel Family Trailer (1986)

01 January 1986

The family patriarch Van Paemel is a farmer on baron de Wilde's estate. His mild-mannered son Désire is accidentally shot during a hunting party on the estate and remains an invalid.

Toygirl Trailer (1968)

01 January 1968

Short sci-fi where a man finds a robotic woman a.k.a. 'toygirl'.