Kees Brusse

Acting

Kees Brusse

Born 1925-02-26 · Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

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 divorced when he was young. Brusse started acting at a young age. At the age of 11 he made his film debut in Merijntje Gijzens Jeugd.

Acting credits

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

Blue Movie poster
4.8

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

Jenny poster
5.3

The girls of competitive rowing club Nereus are hoping to win the women’s eight. One of them, Jenny, falls for an art dealer and becomes pregnant. Her friends at the club, her coach and her father all pitch in to help. The first Dutch feature length colour film.

Jenny

1958

Fair in the Rain poster
5.7

After being released from prison a career criminal wants to start a new life. To finance this new life he decides to rob a small-town bank during a funfair. Meanwhile, he's trying to get rid of a women who can tie him to a previous crime.

Fair in the Rain

1962

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

Ciske the Rat poster
6.4

“Ciske de Rat” belongs to the Dickensean “little man’s hard life” model and tells a deceptively simple story about a boy in modern Netherlands. Persecution, loneliness, adults’ hostility, fear, mixture of obstinacy and tenderness, and even an imprisonment. Excellent camera movement and delicate portraying of Ciske’s fragile soul put this film out of merely historical context and ensure its place in the history of great cinema.

Ciske the Rat

1955

Merijntje Gijzen's Boyhood poster
7.5

Merijntje Gijzen is a small boy growing up in Brabant, in the south of the Netherlands. One day, out on one of his walks, he meets infamous poacher 'De Kruik,' and the two become friends. De Kruik is in love with Janekee but she is more interested in the new village policeman.

Merijntje Gijzen's Boyhood

1936

No artwork available
NR

Documentary about the inauguration of Queen Juliana on September 6, 1948, presented by Philip Freriks, and produced by NOS Projecten.

1948: Juliana, een nieuwe koningin

2008

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

Kleren maken de man poster
8.0

A secret document, a stolen dress suit, two dimwitted crooks, the love of a man for a woman. It all results in a roller coaster ride for a young insurance agent.

Kleren maken de man

1957

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

The Silent Raid poster
7.0

In 1944 Leeuwarden, the Netherlands, a band of Dutch resistance fighters plot to covertly rescue dozens of compatriots from the local Nazi prison.

The Silent Raid

1962

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

Mensen van toen poster
NR

Documentary about the 1964 documentary Mensen van Morgen. Interviews with the subjects of the first film and its maker.

Mensen van toen

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

Dakota poster
6.9

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

Dakota

1974

Man, vrouw, hondje poster
9.0

When Louise (70) and Max (72) meet, it is love at first sight: they abandon their sleepy lives and travel to the South of France, where they become the terrors of the 'Route du Soleil'. They rip off naïve tourists with their act as a sad old couple: a second youth that goes further than their wildest dreams. Based on a true story.

Man, vrouw, hondje

1999

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

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

The Manneken Pis Case poster
8.0

Kamiel steals the famous Brussels statue of Manneken Pis to impress his girlfriend Denise, the daughter of the man who is supposed to guard it. The Belgians, however, wrongly accuse the Dutch of having stolen their statue and hit back by stealing the statue of Hansje Brink.

The Manneken Pis Case

1960

Tasten in het duister poster
8.5

No synopsis available yet.

Tasten in het duister

1996

The World of Simon Carmiggelt poster
7.3

Eight newspaper-columns by Dutch writer Simon Carmiggelt were turned into a film in honor of his 70st birthday.

The World of Simon Carmiggelt

1983

The Dike Is Sealed poster
6.7

Bert Verbloeme has survived the war but lost the love of his life. Now he suffers from a depression and has to learn how to live a meaningful life again.

The Dike Is Sealed

1950

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