Acting
Feb 28, 1938
Nieuwendam, Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Aart Staartjes
Acting
Biography
Aart Staartjes was a Dutch actor, director, presenter, documentary filmmaker, and writer.
Feature Films (16)
A documentary about the life and work of the Dutch poet and lyricist Willem Wilmink (1936-2003).
Willem Wilmink: Dichter in de Javastraat
The gnomes Pinkeltje and Pinkelotje are visiting Dick Laan, the writer of the books about them. In a meanwhile, two assistents of professor Ludwig von Cleve found where the other Pinkels live and kidnapped some important Pinkels. Professor Ludwig von Cleve puts them in a doll house to expreiment on them. Dick Laan, Pinkeltje and Pinkelotje made up a tricky plan to rescue the captured Pinkels.
Pinkeltje
In Radeloos, Yara has had a crush on Paco for a while. He goes to her school and DJs at parties. But Paco is into Floor and doesn't notice her. Could it be because she's too fat? Yara's mother wants her daughter to become a model, but Yara actually wants to go to art school. She decides to lose weight by eating less.
Radeloos
Martijn receives little attention from his parents, who run a village bazaar, and is often left to his own devices. He has plenty of imagination, but cannot live up to the expectations placed on him. If he fails his school exams, he will be doomed. Only his grandfather in the retirement home understands him and listens to his stories. When a film crew arrives in his hometown to shoot a fairy tale movie, Martijn is chosen for the lead role and his grandfather is given the role of wizard.
Martin and the Wizard
When Marius retires, his son drops his father in a home for the elderly. Marius has too much energy to accept the rules of the institute's management. Marius and other oldies lock horns with management.
Never Too Old
An elderly man pines away in a nursing home. His family calls on him out of a guilty conscience, but they try to get away from the stuffy atmosphere as soon as possible. The old man obliges them and behaves unresponsive. But as soon as everybody is gone, he smiles contented while softly speaking to his canary Arie. The human form the bird suddenly assumes is the kick-off for an adventure.
Arie
A thrilling love story between the young boxer Vincent and the German Eva, who soon has to marry with the middle-aged Dirk to save her family. While the war starts in the Netherlands their impossible love inflames. May 14, 1940, the day that the centre of Rotterdam is bombed and the young lovers lose sight of each other.
Het Bombardement
Spaak is a movie about a talented track cyclist who is caught up in the world of drugs.
Spaak
TV reporter Armand Laqueue travels to Ibiza and gets caught up in a world of loose women and drug smugglers.
Ibiza, Sun and Sin
Marie Wankelmut, once successful comic artist, lives among the prostitutes in Amsterdam's Red Light District. Nowadays drunken and bold, she gets into one conflict after another. A gruesome sobering event at her neighbors, forces her to take action.
Bloody Marie
Television & Series (10)
Talk show hosted by Matthijs van Nieuwkerk containing a mixture of news, information, television bloopers and general entertainment.
De Wereld Draait Door
A successful vascular surgeon is suddenly confronted with a blood phobia, making it impossible for him to exercise his job in the hospital. He moves from the capital to the countryside to work as the GP of a village where he only knows his aunt. His predecessor was well liked, so his new community is less than welcoming. The empathic capabilities of the doctor leaves much to be desired, making it even harder for him to win his place in the close-knit community.
Dokter Tinus
When a big storm arrives that can flood the lower parts of the Netherlands and Belgium, prime minister Hans Kreuger has to make a decision; can we evacuate four million people? Going for the evacuation of civilians, hospitals and prisons will take at least 4 days.
