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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Like Tears in Rain | Self (archive footage) | 2024-09-22 |
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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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The Sisters Brothers | The Commodore | 2018-09-19 |
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Samson | Manoah | 2018-02-16 |
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Corbin Nash | Stranger | 2018-04-20 |
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The Sonata | Richard Marlowe | 2018-11-15 |
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Drawing Home | Carl Rungius | 2017-12-01 |
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The Broken Key | Professor Moonlight | 2017-11-16 |
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24 Hours To Live | Frank | 2017-10-26 |
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Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets | President of the World State Federation | 2017-07-20 |
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Gangsterdam | Dolph | 2017-03-29 |
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Uncle Howard | Self (archive footage) | 2017-03-10 |
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Genderness | 2016-12-31 | |
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Wax - We Are The X | Aron Mulder | 2016-03-31 |
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Les Mondes de Philip K. Dick | Self - Actor | 2016-03-02 |
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Beyond Valkyrie: Dawn of the 4th Reich | Oskar Halminski | 2016-10-03 |
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Michiel de Ruyter | Maarten Tromp | 2015-01-29 |
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Unity | Narrator (voice) | 2015-08-12 |
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Fifty Shades of Erotica | 2015-04-13 | |
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Dietro gli occhiali bianchi | Self | 2015-09-21 |
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Clones | Dr. Richards | 2015-07-04 |
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The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power | King Zakour | 2015-01-09 |
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The Letters | Benjamin Praagh | 2014-02-23 |
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Francesco | Padre di Francesco | 2014-12-08 |
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2047 - Sights of Death | Colonel Asimov | 2014-06-13 |
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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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The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy | Self (archive footage) | 2013-09-24 |
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Dracula 3D | Abraham van Helsing | 2012-11-09 |
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Agent Ranjid rettet die Welt | Freek van Dyk | 2012-10-18 |
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Il villaggio di cartone | Sacristan | 2011-10-07 |
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The Rite | Istvan Kovak | 2011-01-28 |
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Portable Life | Antonio | 2011-09-01 |
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More Blood, More Heart: The Making of Hobo with a Shotgun | Himself | 2011-07-04 |
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Hobo with a Shotgun | Hobo | 2011-05-06 |
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Spoon | Victor Spoon | 2011-01-01 |
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Requiem 2019 | 2011-01-01 | |
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Black Butterflies | Abraham Jonker | 2011-02-06 |
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The Reverend | The Withstander | 2011-08-03 |
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Alle for én | Niemeyer | 2011-02-10 |
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Ключ Саламандры | Khant | 2011-03-24 |
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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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Happiness Runs | Insley | 2010-05-14 |
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Life's a Beach | Jean-Luc | 2010-01-01 |
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Oogverblindend | 2009-01-01 | |
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Barbarossa | Federico Barbarossa | 2009-10-09 |
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3 | Father (voice) | 2009-08-11 |
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Magic Flute Diaries | Dr. Richard Nagel | 2008-04-15 |
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Bride Flight | Old Frank | 2008-10-15 |
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The Prince of Motor City | William Hamilton | 2008-07-09 |
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Dead Tone | Det. John Criton | 2007-05-16 |
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Starting Over | Peter Rossen | 2007-11-10 |
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Moving McAllister | Maxwell McAllister | 2007-09-13 |
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Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner | Self | 2007-12-18 |
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Fashion Forward: Wardrobe and Styling | Self | 2007-12-03 |
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Goal II: Living the Dream | Rudi van der Merwe | 2007-02-09 |
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Blond, Blue Eyes | Self | 2006-10-04 |
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Minotaur | Cyrnan | 2006-03-11 |
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Mentor | Sanford Pollard | 2006-04-28 |
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The Hunt for Eagle One | Gen. Frank Lewis | 2006-01-17 |
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The Hunt for Eagle One: Crash Point | Gen. Frank Lewis | 2006-06-27 |
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Зеркальные войны: Отражение первое | Mysterious Man | 2005-09-01 |
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Batman Begins | Earle | 2005-06-10 |
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Sin City | Cardinal Patrick Henry Roark | 2005-04-01 |
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Dracula III: Legacy | Dracula | 2005-07-12 |
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The Poseidon Adventure | Bishop August Schmidt | 2005-11-20 |
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Camera ascunsă | Sebastian | 2004-11-24 |
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Alpha to Omega: Exposing 'The Osterman Weekend' | Self | 2004-01-22 |
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Tempesta | Van Beuningen | 2004-05-10 |
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The Hitcher: How Do These Movies Get Made? | 2003-03-04 | |
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Confessions of a Dangerous Mind | Keeler | 2002-12-31 |
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Scorcher | US President Nelson | 2002-10-04 |
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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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The Room | 2001-04-03 | |
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Flying Virus | Ezekial | 2001-12-31 |
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Turbulence 3: Heavy Metal | Copilot MacIntosh | 2001-05-13 |
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Lying in Wait | Keith Miller | 2001-03-15 |
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Partners in Crime | Gene Reardon | 2000-01-07 |
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On the Edge of 'Blade Runner' | Self | 2000-07-15 |
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Wilder | Dr. Sam Dennis Charney | 2000-11-01 |
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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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Knockin' on Heaven's Door | Curtiz | 1997-02-20 |
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Blast | Leo | 1997-03-13 |
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Eating Pattern | Bog | 1997-09-04 |
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The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon | John Thornton | 1997-06-22 |
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Bleeders | Dr. Marlowe | 1997-07-31 |
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Deathline | John Wade | 1997-09-26 |
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Hostile Waters | Cap. Britanov | 1997-10-18 |
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The Ruby Ring | Patrick Collins | 1997-11-26 |
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Paul Verhoeven: From Holland to Hollywood | Himself | 1996-01-08 |
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Mariette in Ecstasy | Chaplan | 1996-07-04 |
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Precious Find | Armond Crille | 1996-06-26 |
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Omega Doom | Omega Doom | 1996-10-21 |
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Crossworlds | A.T. | 1996-02-14 |
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Mr. Stitch | Doctor Rue Wakeman | 1995-11-20 |
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Nostradamus | The Mystic Monk | 1994-08-18 |
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Blood of the Innocent | Dr. Lem | 1994-01-01 |
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Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight | Fred Noonan | 1994-06-12 |
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The Beans of Egypt, Maine | Rueben Bean | 1994-11-23 |
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Fatherland | SS-Sturmbannführer Xavier March | 1994-11-26 |
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Surviving the Game | Thomas Burns | 1994-04-15 |
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Blind Side | Jake Shell | 1993-01-30 |
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Voyage | Morgan Norvell | 1993-06-01 |
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The Revenge of the Dead Indians | Himself | 1993-01-01 |
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Arctic Blue | Ben Corbett | 1993-01-01 |
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Beyond Justice | Tom Burton | 1992-12-02 |
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Split Second | Stone | 1992-05-01 |
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Past Midnight | Ben Jordan | 1992-05-03 |
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer | Lothos | 1992-07-24 |
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Il principe del deserto | Tom Burton | 1991-03-19 |
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Wedlock | Frank Warren | 1991-05-10 |
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On a Moonlit Night | John Knott | 1989-09-05 |
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Blind Fury | Nick Parker | 1989-08-17 |
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The Blood of Heroes | Sallow | 1989-10-19 |
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Bloodhounds of Broadway | The Brain | 1989-11-03 |
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The Edge | Sheriff Emil Abel | 1989-08-23 |
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La leggenda del santo bevitore | Andreas Kartak | 1988-09-02 |
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Escape from Sobibor | Alexander 'Sasha' Pechersky | 1987-04-12 |
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The Best of Max Headroom | Himself | 1987-03-05 |
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Wanted: Dead or Alive | Nick Randall | 1987-01-16 |
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The Hitcher | John Ryder | 1986-01-17 |
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Ladyhawke | Captain Etienne Navarre | 1985-03-27 |
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Flesh + Blood | Martin | 1985-08-30 |
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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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Inside the Third Reich | Albert Speer | 1982-05-09 |
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Blade Runner | Batty | 1982-06-25 |
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Nighthawks | Wulfgar | 1981-03-17 |
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Chanel Solitaire | Etienne de Balsan | 1981-01-01 |
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Spetters | Gerrit Witkamp | 1980-02-28 |
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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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Een vrouw tussen hond en wolf | Adriaan | 1979-06-04 |
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Mysteries | Johan Nagel | 1978-09-07 |
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Heilige Jeanne | Dunois | 1978-03-24 |
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Pastorale 1943 | August Schultz | 1978-04-20 |
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Soldaat van Oranje | Erik Lanshof | 1977-09-22 |
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Max Havelaar of de koffieveilingen der Nederlandsche-Handelmaatschappij | Duclari | 1976-09-09 |
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La Donneuse | 1976-11-01 | |
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Het Jaar van de Kreeft | Pierre | 1975-09-18 |
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Cyrano de Bergerac | de Valvert | 1975-10-11 |
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Das Amulett des Todes | Cris | 1975-07-18 |
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The Wilby Conspiracy | Blane Van Niekirk | 1975-02-01 |
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Keetje Tippel | Hugo | 1975-03-06 |
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Pusteblume | Rick | 1974-10-11 |
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Turks Fruit | Eric Vonk | 1973-02-22 |
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Rond Floris | Self | 1969-10-15 |
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Starfish Tango | Self | |
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Tonight at Noon | Diego | |
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Isip the Warrior | Catholic Priest |
