Bert Haanstra Movies

In this short film Bert Haanstra gives his vision - from the water – of a tranquil Holland. During filming he held the camera upside down and...

A 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.

Documentary about the current state of German cinema. Produced for German television.

Documentary on the first stage in oil exploration: the first drill.

In 1952, Haanstra made Panta Rhei , another view of Holland through the eyes of a painter and filmmaker. Its poetic images of water, skies and clouds...

Highlights of the Belgian Grand Prix from Spa-Francorchamps on June 5th, 1955.

Kamiel 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...

Bert Haanstra's first film.

In Burgers Zoo the new residence of the gorillas is put in operation. Also the country of origin, Cameroon, is visited.

A 12 minute film about the Evoluon [a conference centre and former science museum erected by the electronics and electrical company Philips at...

In this film Bert Haanstra shows how important the formation of national parks is for the protection of nature.

The Netherlands and water, they are inseparable from one another. Water in its soothing form, as a place of work and pleasure and as a source of...

Impressive, abstract dance film from Bert Haanstra.

Dutch sculpture in the late Middle Ages.

A Shell Film Unit documentary by Bert Haanstra examining humanity’s struggle against insect plagues, filmed across Egypt, Iraq, Kenya, Sudan,...

Documentary on the genesis of oil in the Earth's crust.