Gerard Thoolen Movies

  • 1983
    The Lift

    The Lift

    The Lift

    5.881983HD

    A lift technician finds himself drawn into a web of mystery and peril as he investigates the perplexing deadly accidents occurring in the elevators...

    The Lift
  • 1989
    A Dry White Season

    A Dry White Season

    A Dry White Season

    6.6111989HD

    During the 1976 Soweto uprising, a white school teacher's life and values are threatened when he asks questions about the death of a young black boy...

    A Dry White Season
  • 1991
    Prospero's Books

    Prospero's Books

    Prospero's Books

    6.81991HD

    An exiled magician finds an opportunity for revenge against his enemies muted when his daughter and the son of his chief enemy fall in love in this...

    Prospero's Books
  • 1996
    The Cold Light of Day

    The Cold Light of Day

    The Cold Light of Day

    4.91996HD

    A troubled detective befriends a single woman and her daughter with the intention of using them as bait for a serial killer.

    The Cold Light of Day
  • 1985
    Private Resistance

    Private Resistance

    Private Resistance

    61985HD

    Otto, a Jewish refugee who managed to escape from Berlin in the early days of WW2, is now the owner of an Amsterdam ice cream parlor. Otto's place...

    Private Resistance
  • 1985
    The Bitter Herb

    The Bitter Herb

    The Bitter Herb

    6.61985HD

    This film is about the Jewish girl Sara and the ruin of her family during World War II. Her parents have to live in the Jewish ghetto in Amsterdam,...

    The Bitter Herb
  • 1973
    Because of the Cats

    Because of the Cats

    Because of the Cats

    5.251973HD

    A gang of six wealthy, well-dressed and well-spoken hoodlums break into a married couple's house and rape the wife while forcing the husband to...

    Because of the Cats
  • 1983
    The Illusionist

    The Illusionist

    The Illusionist

    6.71983HD

    Two brothers end up separated for one of them has mental issues. Meanwhile one of the two follows his dream in becoming a magician.

    The Illusionist
  • 1995
    The Flying Dutchman

    The Flying Dutchman

    The Flying Dutchman

    6.71995HD

    Late 16th century, persecuted protestantism and general dissatisfaction with the Catholic Habsburg rule in the Netherlands lead to large-scale...

    The Flying Dutchman
  • 1991
    Not Mozart: WAM! Limited

    Not Mozart: WAM! Limited

    Not Mozart: WAM! Limited

    01991HD

    Composer Misha Mengelberg collaborates with director Anthony Garner on a commissioned short film to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the death of...

    Not Mozart: WAM! Limited
  • 1992
    Heading for England

    Heading for England

    Heading for England

    01992HD

    A man from the province looks back on his graduation year, some teachers, the parental home and especially his father.

    Heading for England
  • 1979
    In for Treatment

    In for Treatment

    In for Treatment

    6.41979HD

    An unsuspecting flower farmer visits the hospital to discuss some test results, only to find himself admitted without explanation for an indefinite...

    In for Treatment
  • 1980
    The Mark of the Beast

    The Mark of the Beast

    The Mark of the Beast

    5.41980HD

    In 1928 in the northern part of the Netherlands, a man has an affair with the wife of one of his friends (who is in jail at the time). Because she...

    The Mark of the Beast
  • 1982
    A Hot Summer Night

    A Hot Summer Night

    A Hot Summer Night

    01982HD

    A husband, half of an entertainment duo, the Nellicos, tells his wife, who is the other half of the duo, that he has another woman. But they cannot...

    A Hot Summer Night
  • 1991
    How to Survive a Broken Heart

    How to Survive a Broken Heart

    How to Survive a Broken Heart

    01991HD

    D.C. has been abandoned by his girlfriend Nola, wants to go to Hollywood and participates in 'chicken races' out of desperation and lack of money; a...

    How to Survive a Broken Heart
  • 1989
    My Father Lives in Rio

    My Father Lives in Rio

    My Father Lives in Rio

    6.71989HD

    Liesje’s parents are divorced. She lives in a nice house with her mother and grandpa. Liesje writes letters to her father who lives in Rio de...

    My Father Lives in Rio
  • 1992
    Transit

    Transit

    Transit

    01992HD

    Four illegal Brazilian musicians come to try their luck in dynamic Amsterdam... It will be a survival of the fittest.

    Transit
  • 1982
    The Hes Case

    The Hes Case

    The Hes Case

    51982HD

    Hes, an uptight and disaffected social worker reaching retirement, discovers a young woman, Anna, in the closet of an acquaintance who has committed...

    The Hes Case
  • 1975
    Rooie Sien

    Rooie Sien

    Rooie Sien

    4.51975HD

    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...

    Rooie Sien
  • 1987
    Count Your Blessings

    Count Your Blessings

    Count Your Blessings

    4.31987HD

    Alternating comedy and drama this portrait of different families on three floors in an Amsterdam building where the stairs symbolizes the suffering...

    Count Your Blessings