Charles Janssens

Acting

Charles Janssens

Born — Died

1906-06-08 — 1986-08-23

Place of birth

Borgerhout, Flanders, Belgium

Known for

Acting

Credits

27 titles

Charles Janssens (8 June 1906 – 23 August 1986) was a Belgian film actor. He became known for his comic roles in films made with Edith Kiel and Jef Bruyninckx.

Known for

Film credits

1970s · 6 titles

Malpertuis poster
6.5

A young sailor finds himself trapped in the labyrinthine mansion of his occultist uncle, along with a number of eccentric and mysterious relatives who all seem to be harboring a dark secret.

Malpertuis

1972

Mira poster
5.3

The story of a small and conservative West-Flemish village opposing the construction of a bridge over the Scheldt.

Mira

1971

Burned Bridges poster
5.2

In the Belgian hamlet of Verbrande Brug, former lovers Monique and Louis reconnect at a carnival, stirring up drama with their current partners.

Burned Bridges

1977

The Arrival of Joachim Stiller poster
6.5

An Antwerp journalist finds his daily life increasingly disrupted by unexplained phenomena, such as an authentic letter from 1919 that refers to an event taking place at a much later date. Because these disturbances are consistently linked to the name “Joachim Stiller,” the journalist becomes obsessed with it. The resolution, which is closely tied to his traumatic experiences from the Second World War, takes place with a psychiatrist—and later at an abandoned railway station in an Antwerp suburb. Interwoven with this is a subplot about an Antwerp art dealer who believes he can become rich through a new form of painting. To achieve this, he takes a mentally disabled artist hostage. The narrative also follows various romantic entanglements involving the journalist, which ultimately lead to his happy experience of fatherhood.

The Arrival of Joachim Stiller

1976

Kasper in the Underworld poster
5.8

In this atmospheric psychological drama by Jef van der Heyden, concert pianist Kasper Bertheim lives under psychiatric care in Geel, haunted by the memory of a woman he believes has vanished into the underworld. After witnessing a funeral, he leaves his foster home and wanders through a surreal cityscape that seems suspended between life and death. Along the way, he encounters workers, drifters, priests and other outsiders who guide him deeper into his obsessive search. Adapted from a novel by Hubert Lampo, the film blends psychological drama with magical realism, creating an ambiguous world where madness, grief and imagination merge, and where it remains uncertain whether Kasper’s visions are delusions or glimpses of another reality.

Kasper in the Underworld

1979

Gejaagd door de winst (of het A.B.C. van de moderne samenleving) poster
10.0

A three independent parts sci-fi drama. In the first, entitled The Bomb, a story of a garage mechanic is told who finds an atomic bomb by accident. The second part, entitled The Last Judgment, deals with the consequences of a military convoy carrying biological weapons going mad. In the third part, entitled Experts Of Evil, there is an accident at a chemical plant when a,pressurized container with dioxin explodes resulting in leakage.

Gejaagd door de winst (of het A.B.C. van de moderne samenleving)

1977

1950s · 12 titles

Het geluk komt morgen poster
9.0

Each year Thomas goes an a pilgrimage but he has more difficulty to complete it, but then he is offered a footbath that appears to contain a miracle drug. Wouldn't this make a huge seller during Expo 58 in Brussels... .

Het geluk komt morgen

1958

The Mockingbird poster
10.0

Folk comedy about a market vendor who happens to have a double who's a doctor causing the necessary confusion.

The Mockingbird

1954

Antwerp Through and Through poster
9.0

Smugglers try to ship their products via Pol Knol, a trader in medical products. Due to circumstances, the package remains on Mr Knol's desk. The smugglers think that Pol has deliberately withheld it. They come to pay him a "visit."

Antwerp Through and Through

1953

Bachelor with 40 children poster
8.0

Isidoor lives with his niece and a housekeeper in a little provincial town. One day he receives a letter: he is to be the heir of a distant and wealthy relative. There is only one condition: he has to go and live for a year in "Home lux et vita", otherwise he will loose his inheritance. The home is a home for abandoned children and now this bachelor becomes the father to 40 children...

Bachelor with 40 children

1958

What Do We Do With Love? poster
9.0

Five rather frivolous musicians seize the opportunity to perform on a cruise in the Mediterranean. Alas: they are under contract to engage a female singer - and they fear to fall in love with her, which would endanger their friendship.

What Do We Do With Love?

1957

The Bargee District poster
7.4

In the heart of the Schipperskwartier, a grocery store and a café sit side by side, run by two inseparable friends, Jef and Rik. Rik, a widower, has three spirited children who can only be kept in line by Anneke, the ever-patient housekeeper. Wanting to see his friend happily remarried, Jef places an ad in the newspaper seeking potential brides. Two women respond, but Rik refuses to meet them himself. Undeterred, Jef takes it upon himself to investigate…

The Bargee District

1953

The Tale of the Good Murderer poster
7.0

The film follows a prison warden (played by Charles Janssens) who is utterly miserable because his prison is empty. When Max (played by Paul Cammermans) is mistakenly arrested for murder, the warden is thrilled to finally have a "guest." A delightfully absurd situation ensues, with the warden looking after his prisoner like a doting father. In the end, Max is proven innocent and marries the warden’s daughter. Based on the play of the same title by Jos Janssen.

The Tale of the Good Murderer

1956

Fire, Love and Vitamins poster
7.0

The film follows the occasionally slapstick misadventures of Sergeant Sestig, a fire brigade sergeant and widower, with his attractive daughter Martje by his side. At one point, three women attempt to woo him as a husband, but after a whirlwind of panic-filled complications, Sestig decides, with quiet resolve, to remain a dedicated firefighter—and a widower..

Fire, Love and Vitamins

1956

Min of meer poster
8.0

Folk comedy about a conflict between a village priest and the major.

Min of meer

1955

Heaven on Earth poster
7.0

As Alex is about to get married, his father Charles sets off for a secret mission in Germany. Hilarity ensues when their personal contacts start to interfere with one another.

Heaven on Earth

1954

Uit hetzelfde nest poster
8.0

Folk comedy in which the import/exportbusiness of Jef Dijckman is getting in dire straits ... .

Uit hetzelfde nest

1952

De moedige bruidegom poster
NR

When Thomas Borneman, a cheerful bachelor, reconnects with his childhood love Tinneke, he realizes that he still loves her. But Tinneke hasn’t changed and has no interest in marriage. Will he succeed in convincing the stubborn lady?

De moedige bruidegom

1952

1940s · 4 titles

1930s · 3 titles