
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
6.2Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the channels of ARD in Germany, ORF in Austria and SF1 in Switzerland.
Scene of the Crime
1970
6.4No synopsis available yet.
Medisch Centrum West
1988
8.0Before the old Andreas Heydecoper wants to commit suicide, he calls all his children and grandchildren to his home in Curaçao. He wants to see his family for the last time. When Andreas has died, his children and grandchildren burn him. But they find out that Andreas wasn't loved by everyone... And when they visit the notary to get their part of the heritage, the notary says they can't. Before they will get the heritage, Andreas's will says they have to find the 'Vuurmeisje'.
The Legacy
2004
No synopsis available yet.
In De Hoofdrol
1960
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Maigret
1964
No synopsis available yet.
Mensen zoals jij en ik
1981
Film credits
1990s · 2 titles
9.0When 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
8.5No synopsis available yet.
Tasten in het duister
1996
1970s · 11 titles
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
5.7After 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
6.9A Dutch pilot with a real passion for flying risks everything to keep his plane in the air.
Dakota
1974
5.2In 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
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
8.0Dutch 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
6.1A 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
6.3Hein 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
7.0Het grote gebeuren (The big happening) is a Dutch movie about the day of judgement in the small village of Rijssen.
Het Grote Gebeuren
1975
7.0Jonny loves Jessy, but he likes his car even more and therefore Jessy breaks up with him.
Jonny & Jessy
1972
7.0In this film Bert Haanstra shows how important the formation of national parks is for the protection of nature.
National Parks.... Necessity
1978
1960s · 3 titles
5.7After 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
8.0Kamiel 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
7.0In 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
1950s · 4 titles
8.0A 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
5.3The 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
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
6.7Bert 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
Series credits
6.2Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the channels of ARD in Germany, ORF in Austria and SF1 in Switzerland.
Scene of the Crime
1970
6.4No synopsis available yet.
Medisch Centrum West
1988
8.0Before the old Andreas Heydecoper wants to commit suicide, he calls all his children and grandchildren to his home in Curaçao. He wants to see his family for the last time. When Andreas has died, his children and grandchildren burn him. But they find out that Andreas wasn't loved by everyone... And when they visit the notary to get their part of the heritage, the notary says they can't. Before they will get the heritage, Andreas's will says they have to find the 'Vuurmeisje'.
The Legacy
2004
No synopsis available yet.
In De Hoofdrol
1960
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Maigret
1964
No synopsis available yet.
Mensen zoals jij en ik
1981
6.2In this period drama series, the young, unexperienced Catholic priest Erik Odekerke -who keeps a diary, and is once described as a (pastoral) 'sheperd dog', gets his first assignment, as kapelaan -literally 'chaplain', but in Dutch still in assistant to the parish's curate- in a mining town in Dutch Limburg.
Dagboek van een herdershond
1978
Behind the camera
5.7After 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
7.0Young Dutch people talk frankly to director Kees Brusse about love, faith, sex and society.
People of Tomorrow
1964
10.0A short film directed by Kees Brusse.
The Umbrella
1956
NRSeveral young German people are interviewed about their lives, their hopes and their origins. A documentary by Kees Brusse, who also directed the original Dutch version of this film two years before.
Menschen von Morgen - Geständnisse vor der Kamera
1966
NRSeveral young German people are interviewed about their lives, their hopes and their origins. A documentary by Kees Brusse, who also directed the original Dutch version of this film two years before.
Menschen von Morgen - Geständnisse vor der Kamera
1966
7.0In 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



