Henny Vrienten was a Dutch musician best known as the singer and bassist of the popular 1980s ska pop band Doe Maar. He also composed music for television and film.
Jack Wouterse is a Dutch actor. His career as a movie actor took off with his role in the 1992 film The Northerners, directed by Alex van Warmerdam. Wouterse made his international debut in an episode of the TV series Band of Brothers. He frequently worked with murdered Dutch director Theo van Gogh.
Fedja van Huêt is a Dutch stage and film actor, best known for the 2022 horror film Speak No Evil.
Tow Truck Pluck, also known as Pluk and his Tow Truck is a 2004 Dutch comedy musical family film directed by Ben Sombogaart and Pieter van Rijn. It's an adapation of the children's book Pluk van de Petteflet by Annie M.G. Schmidt, starring Janieck van de Polder as the titular character.
Peter Bell II: The Hunt For The Czar Crown is a 2003 Dutch family comedy film written and directed by Maria Peters. It's a sequel to Peter Bell: The Movie, based on the Pietje Bell books by Chris van Abkoude.
Yes Nurse! No Nurse! is a 2002 Dutch comedy musical film written and directed by Pieter Kramer and co-written by Frank Houtappels, based on the 1966 television show by Annie M.G. Schmidt and Harry Bannink.
Tom & Thomas is a 2002 Dutch-British family film directed by Esmé Lammers and starring Aaron Johnson and Sean Bean. The film was released on 24 January 2002 in the Netherlands.
Chris van Abkoude was a Dutch writer and novelist of mostly children's books. He wrote the series of Pietje Bell novels from 1914 to 1936 and many books in between. He moved to the United States in 1916 and wrote all the Pietje Bell books in the United States, except for the first one, which he wrote in 1914 in Rotterdam. In 1923 Van Abkoude wrote the novel Kruimeltje and in 1999 the film Little Crumb was released. Before his writing career, Van Abkoude was a teacher; when he noticed the children did not like reading the children's books of the time, he wrote his own.
Pietje Bell is a series of children's books written by the Dutch author Chris van Abkoude.
Lepel is a 2005 Dutch-language family adventure film directed by Willem van de Sande Bakhuyzen. Filming took place in Germany, with scenes shot in Gera.
Little Crumb is a 1999 Dutch family drama film written and directed by Maria Peters, based on the 1923 novel by Chris van Abkoude. The film was produced by Shooting Star Filmcompany and KRO. it was released in the Netherlands on December 23, 1999, by Buena Vista International.
De Avonturen van Pietje Bell is a 1964 Dutch film directed by Henk van der Linden, based on the Pietje Bell books by Chris van Abkoude.
The Innocent Sleep is a 1996 British thriller film directed by Scott Michell and starring Rupert Graves, Michael Gambon and Franco Nero. In the film, a homeless man witnesses a gangland killing and becomes a target himself; the film is inspired by the Roberto Calvi murder.
Henk van der Linden was a Dutch film director.
Fuchsia the Mini-Witch is a 2010 Dutch family fantasy film directed by Johan Nijenhuis, based on the Dutch book series created by Paul van Loon.
Johan is a 2005 Dutch romantic comedy film directed by Nicole van Kilsdonk. It was released in the Netherlands on 6 October 2005 by Buena Vista International.
Baby Blue is a 2001 English-language Dutch thriller film directed by Theo van Gogh. Filming took place in the Netherlands and Curaçao.
