Lies Franken

Ciske the Rat (1955)

“Ciske de Rat” belongs to the Dickensean “little man’s hard life” model and tells a deceptively simple story about a boy in modern Netherlands. Persecution, loneliness, adults’ hostility, fear, mixture of obstinacy and tenderness, and even an imprisonment. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wolfgang Staudte
CAST:  Dick van der Velde  •  Kees Brusse  •  Jenny van Maerlant  •  Riek Schagen

“Ciske de Rat” belongs to the Dickensean “little man’s hard life” model and tells a deceptively simple story about a boy in modern Netherlands. Persecution, loneliness, adults’ hostility, fear, mixture of obstinacy and tenderness, and even an imprisonment. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wolfgang Staudte
CAST:  Dick van der Velde  •  Kees Brusse  •  Jenny van Maerlant  •  Riek Schagen

The Flying Dutchman (1957)

Biopic about the early years of pioneering aircraft manufacturer Anthony Fokker. After a fight with his teacher, headstrong Anthony Fokker refuses to return to his old school in Haarlem. Instead, he goes to a technical college in Mainz where he talks his teachers ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gerard Rutten
CAST:  Ton Kuyl  •  Mimi Boesnach  •  Cruys Voorbergh  •  Coen Flink

Biopic about the early years of pioneering aircraft manufacturer Anthony Fokker. After a fight with his teacher, headstrong Anthony Fokker refuses to return to his old school in Haarlem. Instead, he goes to a technical college in Mainz where he talks his teachers ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gerard Rutten
CAST:  Ton Kuyl  •  Mimi Boesnach  •  Cruys Voorbergh  •  Coen Flink

Assignment Abroad (1955)

Feature film derived from edited episodes of the television series "Secret File, U.S.A."  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arthur Dreifuss
CAST:  Robert Alda  •  Kay Callard  •  Teddy Ford  •  Lies Franken

Feature film derived from edited episodes of the television series "Secret File, U.S.A."  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arthur Dreifuss
CAST:  Robert Alda  •  Kay Callard  •  Teddy Ford  •  Lies Franken