
Directing
Wim Verstappen
Born — Died
1937-05-04 — 2004-07-24
Place of birth
Gemert, Noord Brabant, Netherlands
Known for
Directing
Credits
44 titles
Wim Verstappen was a Dutch film director and producer, television director, and screenwriter. Verstappen grew up in Curaçao. He began studies at the Netherlands Film and Television Academy in 1961, and released his first movie in 1966, De minder gelukkige terugkeer van Joszef Katus naar het land van Rembrandt.
Known for
4.925-year-old Michael has been released from prison after a five-year sentence. He moves into a big apartment block, filled with young women who gladly have sex with him.
Blue Movie
1971
4.6A young medical student observes his neighbour's love life through a hole in his apartment wall.
Obsessions
1969
Short film in which an innocent girl takes care of a seriously injured gangster.
Total Loss
1967
5.7Back in his native Suriname to see his dying mother, an Afro-Surinamese student from the Netherlands’ former colony finds himself torn between his Amsterdam-based life with his white Dutch girlfriend and a future in his newly independent homeland when he falls for a local Hindostani nurse.
One People
1976
NRPortrait from 1964 of the editors of the film magazine Skoop, founded in 1963. Portrait from 1964 of the editors of the film magazine Skoop, founded in 1963. Pim de la Parra, Wim Verstappen, Rob du Mée, Nicolai van der Heyde, Rein Bloem, and Gied Jaspars give their opinion on Dutch film and how Skoop aims to improve the Dutch film climate. Joris Ivens also speaks, applauding the initiative of the young filmmakers/editors.
Skoop
1964
5.0Cornelis van Doorn is the CEO of VD, a meat factory as well as a developer of contraceptives. Cornelis is the patriarch of the Van Doorn family: a decadent bunch of loose morals who only lust for money and power. When the man is thinking about retiring, he has to find the right heir to take over the family business.
VD
1972
Film credits
1990s · 1 titles
1960s · 2 titles
NRPortrait from 1964 of the editors of the film magazine Skoop, founded in 1963. Portrait from 1964 of the editors of the film magazine Skoop, founded in 1963. Pim de la Parra, Wim Verstappen, Rob du Mée, Nicolai van der Heyde, Rein Bloem, and Gied Jaspars give their opinion on Dutch film and how Skoop aims to improve the Dutch film climate. Joris Ivens also speaks, applauding the initiative of the young filmmakers/editors.
Skoop
1964
a man with a moped and groups of boys (one in particular) are in conflict, which sometimes turns into erotic play.
IJdijk
1965
Behind the camera
4.925-year-old Michael has been released from prison after a five-year sentence. He moves into a big apartment block, filled with young women who gladly have sex with him.
Blue Movie
1971
4.925-year-old Michael has been released from prison after a five-year sentence. He moves into a big apartment block, filled with young women who gladly have sex with him.
Blue Movie
1971
4.6A young medical student observes his neighbour's love life through a hole in his apartment wall.
Obsessions
1969
4.6A young medical student observes his neighbour's love life through a hole in his apartment wall.
Obsessions
1969
Short film in which an innocent girl takes care of a seriously injured gangster.
Total Loss
1967
5.7Back in his native Suriname to see his dying mother, an Afro-Surinamese student from the Netherlands’ former colony finds himself torn between his Amsterdam-based life with his white Dutch girlfriend and a future in his newly independent homeland when he falls for a local Hindostani nurse.
One People
1976
5.0Cornelis van Doorn is the CEO of VD, a meat factory as well as a developer of contraceptives. Cornelis is the patriarch of the Van Doorn family: a decadent bunch of loose morals who only lust for money and power. When the man is thinking about retiring, he has to find the right heir to take over the family business.
VD
1972
5.0Cornelis van Doorn is the CEO of VD, a meat factory as well as a developer of contraceptives. Cornelis is the patriarch of the Van Doorn family: a decadent bunch of loose morals who only lust for money and power. When the man is thinking about retiring, he has to find the right heir to take over the family business.
VD
1972
5.0Cornelis van Doorn is the CEO of VD, a meat factory as well as a developer of contraceptives. Cornelis is the patriarch of the Van Doorn family: a decadent bunch of loose morals who only lust for money and power. When the man is thinking about retiring, he has to find the right heir to take over the family business.
VD
1972
5.9Detectives Grijpstra and De Gier are sent to investigate the case of a man who apparently hanged himself in a center for oriental meditation. It is ruled as suicide and the case seems to be closed, but the same night there is an attempted break in. The investigation hits a dead end and everyone involved is a suspect. Based on the book "The Corpse in the Haarlemmer Houttuinen” by Jan-Willem van de Wetering.
Fatal Error
1979
5.9Detectives Grijpstra and De Gier are sent to investigate the case of a man who apparently hanged himself in a center for oriental meditation. It is ruled as suicide and the case seems to be closed, but the same night there is an attempted break in. The investigation hits a dead end and everyone involved is a suspect. Based on the book "The Corpse in the Haarlemmer Houttuinen” by Jan-Willem van de Wetering.
Fatal Error
1979
5.4A rich Frisian farmer has been murdered in Amsterdam and police duo Grijpstra & De Gier are sent to investigate. Adjutant Grijpstra has problems at home again and is happy to leave for Friesland to investigate the murder. Sgt. De Gier finds the Frisian Hylke much more interesting than the murder case. In Leeuwarden there is a real Chinese war and a brutal robbery at the cattle market. Suddenly there is that friendly rattling, asthmatic rat who provides an unexpected solution.
The Rattle Rat
1987
5.4A rich Frisian farmer has been murdered in Amsterdam and police duo Grijpstra & De Gier are sent to investigate. Adjutant Grijpstra has problems at home again and is happy to leave for Friesland to investigate the murder. Sgt. De Gier finds the Frisian Hylke much more interesting than the murder case. In Leeuwarden there is a real Chinese war and a brutal robbery at the cattle market. Suddenly there is that friendly rattling, asthmatic rat who provides an unexpected solution.
The Rattle Rat
1987
A young woman from Amsterdam decides to sell her one year old jeep on the street one day. A passer by on a bike helps her repair and charms her during this process. However, he shows no interest in buying the car.
Jongens, jongens, wat een meid
1965
A young woman from Amsterdam decides to sell her one year old jeep on the street one day. A passer by on a bike helps her repair and charms her during this process. However, he shows no interest in buying the car.
Jongens, jongens, wat een meid
1965
4.7Susan has chosen a hermit's life on a dilapidated farm over the shallowness of her previous jet set modeling life. When Anton, a hunky courier, comes along to pick her up for an assignment on the French Riviera, he's so fascinated by Susan's odd assortment of house guests that he decides to stay with them for a couple of days.
My Nights with Susan, Sandra, Olga & Julie
1975
4.0Author Frank's debut novel is successful, but he needs the proceeds to pay off a debt and his girlfriend Mascha ends their relationship. He meets another woman, but he and Mascha also seem to make amends. These amorous vicissitudes give him inspiration for a new book, which will deal with eroticism in the Netherlands.
Confessions of Loving Couples
1967
4.0Author Frank's debut novel is successful, but he needs the proceeds to pay off a debt and his girlfriend Mascha ends their relationship. He meets another woman, but he and Mascha also seem to make amends. These amorous vicissitudes give him inspiration for a new book, which will deal with eroticism in the Netherlands.
Confessions of Loving Couples
1967
6.9A Dutch pilot with a real passion for flying risks everything to keep his plane in the air.
Dakota
1974
4.9The story of a man who goes out looking for hamburgers, while he has a beautiful steak at home. Frank and Eva can't live together, but can't live without each other either. Frank has sex with every woman he can get, while Eva wants to start a family.
Frank and Eva
1973
4.0No synopsis available yet.
Mens erger je niet
1975
4.0No synopsis available yet.
Mens erger je niet
1975
A Young man is interested in the girl next door, but also discovers that he is not insensitive to a boy, with whom he has dress-up parties in the attic and plays in an old bunker in the dunes.
Schermerhoorn
1967
5.7In a Dutch village during the German occupation, a small group of badly organized resistance fighters attempt to assassinate a collaborator.
Pastorale 1943
1978
5.7In a Dutch village during the German occupation, a small group of badly organized resistance fighters attempt to assassinate a collaborator.
Pastorale 1943
1978
9.0Joop is sleeping in the apartment of his friend Bernard. He is waken up by a woman who is looking for Bernard. Later they babysit the neighbor's granddaughter. A little short film from the Scorpio period. Jan de Bont behind the camera.
Joop Strikes Again...
1970
5.0Alicia, a bored housewife, leaves her husband and children in search of adventure.
Alicia
1974
5.0Alicia, a bored housewife, leaves her husband and children in search of adventure.
Alicia
1974
8.5Film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Simon Vestdijk from 1968. During a dinner with the Van der Laan family, memories are reminisced about previous parties that ended in orgy-like scenes.
The Forbidden Bacchanal
1981
8.5Film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Simon Vestdijk from 1968. During a dinner with the Van der Laan family, memories are reminisced about previous parties that ended in orgy-like scenes.
The Forbidden Bacchanal
1981
6.5Nervous poet wrestles with everyday utensils. His clumsy movements also cause trouble in bed.
Heart Beat Fresco
1966
9.0The dutchified Hungarian Joszef Katús returns, after a months-long absence, to Amsterdam on 29 April 1966. The arrival of the Provos changed a great deal in the Dutch capital. The film follows Katús, mostly roaming the streets, in a loose documentary style. The events are set against the backdrop of four national occasions - The Queen's Birthday, Labour Day, Liberation Day and Remembrance Day.
Joszef Katús's Not Too Fortunate Return to the Land of Rembrandt
1966
9.0The dutchified Hungarian Joszef Katús returns, after a months-long absence, to Amsterdam on 29 April 1966. The arrival of the Provos changed a great deal in the Dutch capital. The film follows Katús, mostly roaming the streets, in a loose documentary style. The events are set against the backdrop of four national occasions - The Queen's Birthday, Labour Day, Liberation Day and Remembrance Day.
Joszef Katús's Not Too Fortunate Return to the Land of Rembrandt
1966
5.2A border guard faces a crisis of conscience when he learns that an old comrade is smuggling butter across the border.
Black Rider
1983
5.2A border guard faces a crisis of conscience when he learns that an old comrade is smuggling butter across the border.
Black Rider
1983
10.0A student is working part-time on a canal boat in Amsterdam and a young director wants to make a film about her.
Aah... Tamara
1965
10.0A student is working part-time on a canal boat in Amsterdam and a young director wants to make a film about her.
Aah... Tamara
1965
7.0A man obsesses over Rubia as the girl of his dreams, but she is lost in a world of her own as she obsesses after a man who doesn't know she exists.
Rubia's Jungle
1970
10.0A group of Amsterdam schoolchildren travel through the Netherlands in a wildly painted van. The aim of their journey is to preach rebellion against the education system. With rather vague arguments, they try to persuade other students to go on strike. When this seems to work, the teachers set up the 'Association of Concerned Teachers'. This association will try to sabotage the bus in every possible way. The result is a boomerang effect...
Drop-out
1969
10.0A group of Amsterdam schoolchildren travel through the Netherlands in a wildly painted van. The aim of their journey is to preach rebellion against the education system. With rather vague arguments, they try to persuade other students to go on strike. When this seems to work, the teachers set up the 'Association of Concerned Teachers'. This association will try to sabotage the bus in every possible way. The result is a boomerang effect...
Drop-out
1969

