Jeroen Krabbé Movies
Following a well-received starring role in Paul Verhoeven's Soldaat Van Oranje (1979), burly, handsome Dutch actor Jeroen Krabbe learned to act at the Amsterdam Academy of Performing Arts and got his start playing small roles in such films as Alicia (1974). During his early years, Krabbe founded a touring theater company, directed plays, worked as a costume designer, and translated foreign plays into Dutch. His star status was solidified when Verhoeven cast Krabbe in De Vierde Man (The Fourth Man) (1983), which has since become a cult favorite. This film gave Krabbe an international reputation and in the mid-'80s, he moved to Hollywood to appear in such films as Jumpin' Jack Flash (1986) and Prince of Tides (1991). Through the '90s, Krabbe tended to play large villains in dramas and costume dramas ranging from The Fugitive (1993) to Farianelli (1994) to Lorca (1997). When not acting, Krabbe is a noted painter and author of The Economy Cookbook. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- 1979
In an uneven curiosity from Dutch director Bert Haanstra that seems to have no singular objective, the mistreatment of a company boss comes under scrutiny. When Old Slieps (Paul Steenbergen) retires from managing a baby-buggy factory, he passes his mantle on to Hein Slotter (Kees Brusse), a dull yet efficient manager. Time goes by, and Slotter survives the cold shoulders of the company directors who intensely dislike the man. These directors develop a plan to humiliate Slotter at a celebration of his 25th anniversary as manager as a means of venting their feelings. They concoct a story of his being "thrashed" by a younger employee and indirectly challenge Slotter to handle this embarrassment as best he can. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Kees Brusse, Bernard Droog, (more)
With this fact-based World War II drama and the equally memorable The Fourth Man (1983), Dutch director Paul Verhoeven gained an international following, eventually translating his reputation into Hollywood fame as the director of bloody science fiction spectacles and prurient sex thrillers. Rutger Hauer stars as Erik Lanshof, an aristocratic Dutch student, one of six carefree friends who don't care much for politics. When the Nazis invade Holland, however, the group is drawn inevitably into the conflict. While Alex (Derek de Lint) joins the German army, the suave Gus (Jeroen Krabbe) becomes a resistance leader, eventually escaping with Erik to England, where they become pawns in a much larger underground movement to restore their country's Queen Wilhelmina (Andrea Domburg) to her rightful throne. Based on an autobiographical novel by Erik Hazelhoff Roelfzema, Soldaat van Oranje (1978) also features early work by another Dutch master who went on to success as a director of big budget Hollywood films, cinematographer Jan De Bont. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Rutger Hauer, Jeroen Krabbé, (more)
- 1974
Alicia is a Dutch housewife who has grown weary of being treated as a mere utilitarian object. She escapes from her family, and has a series of encounters and adventures, some of which are of an erotic nature. Because she is continuing to draw on her joint bank account with her bank-manager husband, he is able to trace her steps, though she eludes his grasp. Eventually, tiring of these adventures, she returns to her home. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
- 1972
This heart-rending family-oriented drama chronicles the adventure of two Dutch children who temporarily lose their father and mother during the great flood of 1953. Fortunately, they and their animals are taken in by a salty old boatman who helps them reunite with their father. ~ Iotis Erlewine, All Movie Guide
- 1968
A scholarly library researcher inherits a steamship from a distant relative. The mild-mannered man is compelled to sail away to fulfill his lifelong dream of adventure on the open seas. He arrives at the boat to find it is being inhabited by a group of hippies. He and the psychedelically inspired crew set sail for a mythical port of paradise in this only slightly amusing comedy. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
- 1963
Novice Dutch director and scripter Jef van der Heyden does not quite deliver an engaging drama in this slight, slow-paced tale about three brothers who dream about "bicycling to the moon" but whose reality is quite different. One of the brothers is a painter with little or no talent, another is both sensitive and introverted and yet chooses the career of a policeman, and the third brother is a hobo of sorts, a petty thief who uses the Amsterdam canals to hide the bicycles he nabs until he can come back and retrieve them the next day. Each brother wants to find happiness but does not seem to know how to go about achieving it. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Bernard Droog
