Kees Brusse

Acting

Kees Brusse

Born — Died

1925-02-26 — 2013-12-09

Place of birth

Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

Known for

Acting

Credits

37 titles

Kees Brusse (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈkeːz ˈbrʏsə]; 26 February 1925 – 9 December 2013) was a Dutch actor, film director and screenwriter. A self-taught actor, he was remarkable for his natural acting style at a time when more theatrical performances were the norm in The Netherlands. One of the first Dutch actors who managed to combine a stage and film career with a career on TV, radio and in commercials, he appeared in 47 films and television shows between 1936 and 2004, including Pension Hommeles (1957-1959), Ciske de Rat (1955), and Dokter Pulder zaait papavers (1975). Kees Brusse was born in Rotterdam, the son of author and journalist M.J. Brusse and opera singer Antje Ebes. His parents d…

Known for

Film credits

1970s · 11 titles

Blue Movie poster
4.9

25-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

Red Sien poster
5.7

After her mother -- a prostitute -- is murdered by her father, Sien is raised by her grandparents. Instead of a bourgeois life with grocer's son Gerrit van Buren, she chooses for an adventurous life with toutman Jan Meier. She follows him and becomes a revue artist in an Amsterdam cabaret, until her father comes to see her...

Red Sien

1975

Dakota poster
6.9

A Dutch pilot with a real passion for flying risks everything to keep his plane in the air.

Dakota

1974

Mysteries poster
5.2

In the winter of 1891 a stranger arrives in a small coastal town on the Isle of Man. His presence soon disturbs the lives of the local inhabitants, especially the beautiful daughter of the parson.

Mysteries

1978

VD poster
5.0

Cornelis 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

Van der Valk and the Rich poster
8.0

Dutch police officer Van der Valk is pulled away for a private investigation for a friend of the chief of police to find the missing junior manager. When he gets to know his woman, he is fascinated by the thought of running away with her.

Van der Valk and the Rich

1973

Dr. Pulder Sows Poppies poster
6.1

A small town doctor gets a visit from a former study-friend. He doesn't know this former surgeon has become a junkie that wants to steal his morphine.

Dr. Pulder Sows Poppies

1975

Mr. Slotter's Jubilee poster
6.3

Hein Slotter, unpopular director of a pram factory, reluctantly agrees to celebrate his 25th anniversary. His only wish is that his successor and mentor, Slieps, gives a speech. Unfortunately Slieps is quite senile and only occasionally has a bright moment. Meanwhile, the party committee learns of a rumor concerning Slotter's younger days and plans to embarrass him during this festive occasion.

Mr. Slotter's Jubilee

1979

Het Grote Gebeuren poster
7.0

Het grote gebeuren (The big happening) is a Dutch movie about the day of judgement in the small village of Rijssen.

Het Grote Gebeuren

1975

Jonny & Jessy poster
7.0

Jonny loves Jessy, but he likes his car even more and therefore Jessy breaks up with him.

Jonny & Jessy

1972

National Parks.... Necessity poster
7.0

In this film Bert Haanstra shows how important the formation of national parks is for the protection of nature.

National Parks.... Necessity

1978

1950s · 4 titles

Series credits

Behind the camera