1944-01-23 Breukelen, Utrecht, Netherlands
Rutger Oelsen Hauer (January 23, 1944 – July 19, 2019) was a Dutch film actor. He was well known for his roles in Flesh + Blood, Blind Fury, Blade Runner, The Hitcher, Nighthawks, Sin City, Ladyhawke, The Blood of Heroes and Batman Begins. Hauer was born in Breukelen, Netherlands, to drama teachers Arend and Teunke, and grew up in Amsterdam. Since his parents were very occupied with their careers, he and his three sisters (one older, two younger) were raised mostly by nannies. At the age of 15, Hauer ran off to sea and spent a year scrubbing decks aboard a freighter. Returning home, he worked as an electrician and a carpenter for three years while attending acting classes at night school. He went on to join an experimental troupe, with which he remained for five years before he was cast in the lead role in the very successful 1969 television series Floris, a Dutch Ivanhoe-like medieval action drama. The role made him famous in his native country. Hauer's career changed course when director Paul Verhoeven cast him as the lead in Turkish Delight (1973) (based on the Jan Wolkers book of the same name). The movie found box-office favour abroad as well as at home, and within two years, its star was invited to make his English-language debut in the British film The Wilby Conspiracy (1975). Set in South Africa and starring Michael Caine and Sidney Poitier, the film was an action melodrama with a focus on apartheid. Hauer's supporting role, however, was barely noticed in Hollywood, and he returned to Dutch films for several years. Hauer made his American debut in the Sylvester Stallone vehicle Nighthawks (1981), cast as a psychopathic and cold-blooded terrorist named "Wolfgar" (after a character in the Old English poem Beowulf). The following year, he appeared in arguably his most famous and acclaimed role as the eccentric, violent, yet sympathetic replicant Roy Batty in Ridley Scott's 1982 sci-fi thriller, Blade Runner. Hauer was a dedicated environmentalist. He fought for the release of Greenpeace's co-founder, Paul Watson, who was convicted in 1994 for sinking a Norwegian whaling vessel. Hauer has also established an AIDS awareness foundation called the Rutger Hauer Starfish Foundation. He married his second wife, Ineke, in 1985 (they had been together since 1968); and he has one child, actress Aysha Hauer, who was born in 1966 and who made him a grandfather in 1988. In April 2007, he published his autobiography All Those Moments: Stories of Heroes, Villains, Replicants, and Blade Runners (co-written with Patrick Quinlan) where he discussed many of his movie roles. Proceeds of the book go to Hauer's Starfish Foundation.
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Emperor | John The Constant | 2026-07-03 |
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Albert Speer und der Traum von Hollywood | Himself (archive footage) | 2021-05-03 |
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Break | Ray | 2020-04-20 |
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Тайна печати Дракона | English Ambassador | 2019-08-16 |
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Samson | Manoah | 2018-02-16 |
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Corbin Nash | Stranger | 2018-04-20 |
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The Sisters Brothers | The Commodore | 2018-09-19 |
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The Sonata | Richard Marlowe | 2018-11-15 |
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Gangsterdam | Dolph | 2017-03-29 |
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24 Hours To Live | Frank | 2017-10-26 |
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The Broken Key | Professor Moonlight | 2017-11-16 |
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Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets | President of the World State Federation | 2017-07-19 |
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Drawing Home | Carl Rungius | 2017-12-01 |
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Beyond Valkyrie: Dawn of the 4th Reich | Oskar Halminski | 2016-10-03 |
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Les Mondes de Philip K. Dick | Self - Actor | 2016-03-02 |
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Wax - We Are The X | Aron Mulder | 2016-03-31 |
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Genderness | 2016-12-31 | |
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The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power | King Zakour | 2015-01-09 |
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Unity | Narrator (voice) | 2015-08-12 |
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Michiel de Ruyter | Maarten Tromp | 2015-01-29 |
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Dietro gli occhiali bianchi | Self | 2015-09-21 |
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Fifty Shades of Erotica | (archive footage) | 2015-04-13 |
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Clones | Dr. Richards | 2015-07-04 |
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The Letters | Benjamin Praagh | 2014-02-23 |
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2047 - Sights of Death | Colonel Asimov | 2014-06-13 |
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Francesco | Padre di Francesco | 2014-12-08 |
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Il futuro | Maciste | 2013-09-06 |
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Real Playing Game | Steve Batier | 2013-08-28 |
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Agent Ranjid rettet die Welt | Freek van Dyk | 2012-10-18 |
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Dracula 3D | Abraham van Helsing | 2012-11-09 |
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Michelangelo - Il cuore e la pietra | Michelangelo | 2012-11-01 |
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Portable Life | Antonio | 2011-09-01 |
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De Heineken Ontvoering | Alfred Heineken | 2011-10-27 |
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Młyn i krzyż | Peter Bruegel | 2011-03-18 |
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Black Butterflies | Abraham Jonker | 2011-02-06 |
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The Rite | Istvan Kovak | 2011-01-28 |
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Il villaggio di cartone | Sacristan | 2011-10-07 |
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More Blood, More Heart: The Making of Hobo with a Shotgun | Himself | 2011-07-04 |
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Spoon | Victor Spoon | 2011-01-01 |
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Requiem 2019 | 2011-01-01 | |
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Alle for én | Niemeyer | 2011-02-10 |
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Hobo with a Shotgun | Hobo | 2011-05-06 |
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Ключ Саламандры | Khant | 2011-03-24 |
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The Reverend | The Withstander | 2011-08-03 |
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Life's a Beach | Jean-Luc | 2010-01-01 |
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Happiness Runs | Insley | 2010-05-14 |
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Barbarossa | Federico Barbarossa | 2009-10-09 |
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Oogverblindend | 2009-01-01 | |
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3 | Father (voice) | 2009-08-11 |
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The Prince of Motor City | William Hamilton | 2008-07-09 |
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Bride Flight | Old Frank | 2008-10-15 |
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Magic Flute Diaries | Dr. Richard Nagel | 2008-04-15 |
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Goal II: Living the Dream | Rudi van der Merwe | 2007-02-09 |
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Starting Over | Peter Rossen | 2007-11-10 |
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Dead Tone | Det. John Criton | 2007-05-16 |
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Fashion Forward: Wardrobe and Styling | Self | 2007-12-03 |
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Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner | Self | 2007-12-18 |
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Moving McAllister | Maxwell McAllister | 2007-09-13 |
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Mentor | Sanford Pollard | 2006-04-28 |
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Blond, Blue Eyes | Self | 2006-10-04 |
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The Hunt for Eagle One | Gen. Frank Lewis | 2006-01-17 |
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Minotaur | Cyrnan | 2006-03-11 |
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The Hunt for Eagle One: Crash Point | Gen. Frank Lewis | 2006-06-27 |
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The Poseidon Adventure | Bishop August Schmidt | 2005-11-20 |
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Dracula III: Legacy | Dracula | 2005-07-12 |
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Зеркальные войны: Отражение первое | Mysterious Man | 2005-09-01 |
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Sin City | Cardinal Roark | 2005-04-01 |
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Batman Begins | Earle | 2005-06-10 |
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Camera ascunsă | Sebastian | 2004-11-24 |
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Tempesta | Van Beuningen | 2004-05-10 |
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Alpha to Omega: Exposing 'The Osterman Weekend' | Self | 2004-01-22 |
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The Hitcher: How Do These Movies Get Made? | 2003-03-04 | |
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Scorcher | US President Nelson | 2002-10-04 |
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Confessions of a Dangerous Mind | Keeler | 2002-12-31 |
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I banchieri di Dio - Il caso Calvi | Paul Marcinkus | 2002-03-07 |
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Warrior Angels | Grekkor | 2002-10-11 |
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Flying Virus | Ezekial | 2001-12-31 |
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The Room | 2001-04-03 | |
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Dutch Schultzin viimeiset sanat | Dutch Schultz(voice) | 2001-12-31 |
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Lying in Wait | Keith Miller | 2001-03-15 |
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Turbulence 3: Heavy Metal | Copilot MacIntosh | 2001-05-13 |
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Partners in Crime | Gene Reardon | 2000-01-07 |
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Wilder | Dr. Sam Dennis Charney | 2000-11-01 |
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On the Edge of 'Blade Runner' | Self | 2000-07-15 |
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Simon Magus | Count Albrecht, the Squire | 1999-02-17 |
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New World Disorder | David Marx | 1999-12-03 |
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Tactical Assault | Capitaine John 'Doc' Holiday | 1998-04-07 |
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Bone Daddy | Palmer | 1998-07-19 |
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The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon | John Thornton | 1997-06-22 |
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Knockin' on Heaven's Door | Curtiz | 1997-02-20 |
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The Ruby Ring | Patrick Collins | 1997-11-26 |
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Deathline | John Wade | 1997-09-26 |
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Eating Pattern | Bog | 1997-09-04 |
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Hostile Waters | Cap. Britanov | 1997-10-18 |
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Bleeders | Dr. Marlowe | 1997-07-31 |
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Blast | Leo | 1997-03-13 |
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Omega Doom | Omega Doom | 1996-10-21 |
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Paul Verhoeven: From Holland to Hollywood | Himself | 1996-01-08 |
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Precious Find | Armond Crille | 1996-06-26 |
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Crossworlds | A.T. | 1996-02-14 |
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Mariette in Ecstasy | Chaplan | 1996-07-04 |
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Mr. Stitch | Doctor Rue Wakeman | 1995-11-20 |
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Blood of the Innocent | Dr. Lem | 1994-01-01 |
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Surviving the Game | Burns | 1994-04-15 |
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Fatherland | SS-Sturmbannführer Xavier March | 1994-11-26 |
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Nostradamus | The Mystic Monk | 1994-08-18 |
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The Beans of Egypt, Maine | Rueben Bean | 1994-11-23 |
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Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight | Fred Noonan | 1994-06-12 |
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The Revenge of the Dead Indians | Himself | 1993-01-01 |
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Voyage | Morgan Norvell | 1993-06-01 |
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Blind Side | Jake Shell | 1993-01-30 |
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Arctic Blue | Ben Corbett | 1993-01-01 |
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer | Lothos | 1992-07-24 |
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Past Midnight | Ben Jordan | 1992-05-03 |
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Split Second | Stone | 1992-05-01 |
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Beyond Justice | Tom Burton | 1992-12-02 |
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Wedlock | Frank Warren | 1991-05-10 |
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The Blood of Heroes | Sallow | 1989-10-19 |
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Blind Fury | Nick Parker | 1989-08-17 |
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Bloodhounds of Broadway | The Brain | 1989-11-03 |
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The Edge | Sheriff Emil Abel (Indian Poker) | 1989-08-23 |
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On a Moonlit Night | John Knott | 1989-09-05 |
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La leggenda del santo bevitore | Andreas Kartak | 1988-09-02 |
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The Best of Max Headroom | Self | 1987-03-05 |
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Wanted: Dead or Alive | Nick Randall | 1987-01-16 |
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Escape from Sobibor | Alexander 'Sasha' Pechersky | 1987-04-12 |
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The Hitcher | John Ryder | 1986-01-17 |
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Flesh + Blood | Martin | 1985-08-30 |
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Ladyhawke | Captain Etienne Navarre | 1985-03-27 |
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A Breed Apart | Jim Malden | 1984-06-01 |
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The Osterman Weekend | John Tanner | 1983-10-14 |
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Eureka | Claude Maillot Van Horn | 1983-05-01 |
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Blade Runner | Batty | 1982-06-25 |
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Inside the Third Reich | Albert Speer | 1982-05-09 |
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Chanel Solitaire | Etienne de Balsan | 1981-10-16 |
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Nighthawks | Wulfgar | 1981-03-17 |
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Spetters | Gerrit Witkamp | 1980-02-28 |
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Een vrouw tussen hond en wolf | Adriaan | 1979-06-04 |
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Grijpstra & De Gier | Rinus de Gier | 1979-09-20 |
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Es begann bei Tiffany | Ryder | 1979-04-30 |
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Mysteries | Simonsen aka Johan Frederik Nagel | 1978-09-07 |
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Pastorale 1943 | August Schultz | 1978-04-20 |
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Heilige Jeanne | Dunois | 1978-03-24 |
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Soldaat van Oranje | Erik Lanshof | 1977-09-22 |
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La Donneuse | 1976-11-01 | |
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Max Havelaar: of, De koffieveilingen der Nederlandsche Handelmaatschappij | Lieutenant Duclari | 1976-09-09 |
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Keetje Tippel | Hugo | 1975-03-06 |
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The Wilby Conspiracy | Blane Van Niekirk | 1975-02-01 |
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Das Amulett des Todes | Chris | 1975-07-18 |
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Cyrano de Bergerac | de Valvert | 1975-10-11 |
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Het Jaar van de Kreeft | Pierre | 1975-09-18 |
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Pusteblume | Rick | 1974-10-11 |
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Turks Fruit | Erik Vonk | 1973-02-22 |
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Rond Floris | Self | 1969-10-15 |
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Isip the Warrior | Catholic Priest | |
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Tonight at Noon | Diego | |
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Starfish Tango | Self |
