Roger Van Hool

Roger Van Hool was born on September 27, 1940 in Antwerp, Belgium. He is an actor, known for As Above, So Below (2014), Oscar (1967) and Les grands détectives (1974).

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Oscar (1967)

This film originated as a play in Paris. The story focuses on the one-day adventures of Bertrand Barnier played with a genius of French cinema, Louis de Funes. In the same morning he learns that his daughter is pregnant, an employee stole a large amount of money ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Édouard Molinaro
CAST:  Louis de Funès  •  Claude Rich  •  Agathe Natanson  •  Claude Gensac

This film originated as a play in Paris. The story focuses on the one-day adventures of Bertrand Barnier played with a genius of French cinema, Louis de Funes. In the same morning he learns that his daughter is pregnant, an employee stole a large amount of money ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Édouard Molinaro
CAST:  Louis de Funès  •  Claude Rich  •  Agathe Natanson  •  Claude Gensac

Tanguy (2001)

Tanguy is 28 years old and still living with his parents. They think it's time he moves out. He doesn't, so they hatch a plan.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Étienne Chatiliez
CAST:  Éric Berger  •  Sabine Azéma  •  André Dussollier  •  Hélène Duc

Tanguy is 28 years old and still living with his parents. They think it's time he moves out. He doesn't, so they hatch a plan.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Étienne Chatiliez
CAST:  Éric Berger  •  Sabine Azéma  •  André Dussollier  •  Hélène Duc

Appointment in Bray (1971)

In 1917, the First World War is raging. Julien is from Luxemburg, so instead of having to go to war he studies piano in Paris. One day his friend Jacques, also a musician and now a fighter pilot on the front, invites him to spend a few days in his family's empty ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  André Delvaux
CAST:  Anna Karina  •  Mathieu Carrière  •  Roger Van Hool  •  Luce Garcia-Ville

In 1917, the First World War is raging. Julien is from Luxemburg, so instead of having to go to war he studies piano in Paris. One day his friend Jacques, also a musician and now a fighter pilot on the front, invites him to spend a few days in his family's empty ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  André Delvaux
CAST:  Anna Karina  •  Mathieu Carrière  •  Roger Van Hool  •  Luce Garcia-Ville

Aux abois (2005)

Paul, a former insurer, is struggling to make ends meet. He agrees to meet Sarrebry, a loan shark introduced to him by his friend Daubelle. Paul mortally knocks out the disgusting crook and steals a large sum of money from him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Philippe Collin
CAST:  Élie Semoun  •  Ludmila Mikaël  •  Philippe Uchan  •  Henri Garcin

Paul, a former insurer, is struggling to make ends meet. He agrees to meet Sarrebry, a loan shark introduced to him by his friend Daubelle. Paul mortally knocks out the disgusting crook and steals a large sum of money from him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Philippe Collin
CAST:  Élie Semoun  •  Ludmila Mikaël  •  Philippe Uchan  •  Henri Garcin

The Killer Is on the Phone (1972)

A woman whose husband was murdered five years previously, is stalked by his killer, who wants to eliminate her as a potential witness. What he doesn't know is that the shock of his murder caused her to have amnesia, and she doesn't remember anything.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alberto De Martino
CAST:  Telly Savalas  •  Anne Heywood  •  Osvaldo Ruggieri  •  Giorgio Piazza

A woman whose husband was murdered five years previously, is stalked by his killer, who wants to eliminate her as a potential witness. What he doesn't know is that the shock of his murder caused her to have amnesia, and she doesn't remember anything.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alberto De Martino
CAST:  Telly Savalas  •  Anne Heywood  •  Osvaldo Ruggieri  •  Giorgio Piazza

Madame Baptiste (1974)

The narrator, who is expecting her train, following a funeral procession to care . He learns that the deceased was raped in her youth by a valet and was considered, not without hypocrisy, as an untouchable in his village.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claude Santelli
CAST:  Isabelle Huppert  •  Francine Bergé  •  Jean-Marc Bory  •  Roger Van Hool

The narrator, who is expecting her train, following a funeral procession to care . He learns that the deceased was raped in her youth by a valet and was considered, not without hypocrisy, as an untouchable in his village.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claude Santelli
CAST:  Isabelle Huppert  •  Francine Bergé  •  Jean-Marc Bory  •  Roger Van Hool

The Great Chase (1968)

A gang of young tugs led by Frankie, opens a nightclub just in front of a gangster's hideout. Morelli is his name and he prepares the stealing of the century.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Berry
CAST:  Eddie Constantine  •  Johnny Hallyday  •  Michel Serrault  •  Annabella Incontrera

A gang of young tugs led by Frankie, opens a nightclub just in front of a gangster's hideout. Morelli is his name and he prepares the stealing of the century.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Berry
CAST:  Eddie Constantine  •  Johnny Hallyday  •  Michel Serrault  •  Annabella Incontrera

United Passions (2014)

An epic, untold story that brings to life the inspiring saga of the World Cup and the three determined men who created it. Driven by their vision and passion, three men, overcame their doubts and fought obstacles and scandals to make the World Cup a reality. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frédéric Auburtin
CAST:  Tim Roth  •  Sam Neill  •  Thomas Kretschmann  •  Gérard Depardieu

An epic, untold story that brings to life the inspiring saga of the World Cup and the three determined men who created it. Driven by their vision and passion, three men, overcame their doubts and fought obstacles and scandals to make the World Cup a reality. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frédéric Auburtin
CAST:  Tim Roth  •  Sam Neill  •  Thomas Kretschmann  •  Gérard Depardieu

Plato's Banquet (1989)

At house of Agathon get together many intellectuals and philosophers, including Socrates, to discuss the theme of love and sex: each of them intervenes to support its argument dialogical rules, within the context symposial.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marco Ferreri
CAST:  Lucas Belvaux  •  Jean Benguigui  •  Irene Papas  •  Philippe Khorsand

At house of Agathon get together many intellectuals and philosophers, including Socrates, to discuss the theme of love and sex: each of them intervenes to support its argument dialogical rules, within the context symposial.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marco Ferreri
CAST:  Lucas Belvaux  •  Jean Benguigui  •  Irene Papas  •  Philippe Khorsand

L'Affaire (1994)

A man who had everything taken away from him, including his family, by his brother teams up with a young card player in order to take revenge on the brother.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sergio Gobbi
CAST:  Robert Hossein  •  F. Murray Abraham  •  Bruno Wolkowitch  •  Anna Falchi

A man who had everything taken away from him, including his family, by his brother teams up with a young card player in order to take revenge on the brother.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sergio Gobbi
CAST:  Robert Hossein  •  F. Murray Abraham  •  Bruno Wolkowitch  •  Anna Falchi

Catherine (1969)

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DIRECTION:  Bernard Borderie
CAST:  Olga Georges-Picot  •  Francine Bergé  •  Roger Van Hool  •  Horst Frank

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DIRECTION:  Bernard Borderie
CAST:  Olga Georges-Picot  •  Francine Bergé  •  Roger Van Hool  •  Horst Frank

Conversations with My Gardener (2007)

A successful artist, weary of Parisian life and on the verge of divorce, returns to the country to live in his childhood house. He needs someone to make a real vegetable garden again out of the wilderness it has become. The gardener happens to be a former ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Becker
CAST:  Daniel Auteuil  •  Jean-Pierre Darroussin  •  Fanny Cottençon  •  Alexia Barlier

A successful artist, weary of Parisian life and on the verge of divorce, returns to the country to live in his childhood house. He needs someone to make a real vegetable garden again out of the wilderness it has become. The gardener happens to be a former ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Becker
CAST:  Daniel Auteuil  •  Jean-Pierre Darroussin  •  Fanny Cottençon  •  Alexia Barlier

Louise, One Word of Love (1972)

The young Isabelle escapes from the orphanage and she adopted by two chaps on a caravan. They then meet by chance the posh family of Louise- who runs away with the three adventurers when confronted with the reality of having to marry a Belgian with a large ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Collet  •  Pierre Drouot
CAST:  Willeke van Ammelrooy  •  Roger Van Hool  •  Alison Macro  •  André van den Heuvel

The young Isabelle escapes from the orphanage and she adopted by two chaps on a caravan. They then meet by chance the posh family of Louise- who runs away with the three adventurers when confronted with the reality of having to marry a Belgian with a large ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Collet  •  Pierre Drouot
CAST:  Willeke van Ammelrooy  •  Roger Van Hool  •  Alison Macro  •  André van den Heuvel

The Woman Next Door (1981)

Madame Jouve, the narrator, tells the tragedy of Bernard and Mathilde. Bernard was living happily with his wife Arlette and his son Thomas. One day, a couple, Philippe and Mathilde Bauchard, moves into the next house. This is the accidental reunion of Bernard and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  François Truffaut
CAST:  Gérard Depardieu  •  Fanny Ardant  •  Henri Garcin  •  Michèle Baumgartner

Madame Jouve, the narrator, tells the tragedy of Bernard and Mathilde. Bernard was living happily with his wife Arlette and his son Thomas. One day, a couple, Philippe and Mathilde Bauchard, moves into the next house. This is the accidental reunion of Bernard and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  François Truffaut
CAST:  Gérard Depardieu  •  Fanny Ardant  •  Henri Garcin  •  Michèle Baumgartner

The Abyss (1988)

The Inquisition is in full swing in 16th century Flanders. Wanted for his dissident writings, the alchemist doctor Zeno has been wandering Europe under an assumed name for twenty years. But he remains a non-conformist. He returns to his native Bruges, where he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  André Delvaux
CAST:  Gian Maria Volonté  •  Jacques Lippe  •  Marie-France Pisier  •  Jean Bouise

The Inquisition is in full swing in 16th century Flanders. Wanted for his dissident writings, the alchemist doctor Zeno has been wandering Europe under an assumed name for twenty years. But he remains a non-conformist. He returns to his native Bruges, where he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  André Delvaux
CAST:  Gian Maria Volonté  •  Jacques Lippe  •  Marie-France Pisier  •  Jean Bouise

Woman Between Wolf and Dog (1979)

Lieve is a Belgian woman who marries just as World War II is beginning. When the Germans invade, her husband goes off to fight them, but he swiftly returns home after the invasion succeeds. Later, he decides that the Germans are on the right side of things, and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  André Delvaux
CAST:  Marie-Christine Barrault  •  Rutger Hauer  •  Senne Rouffaer  •  Roger Van Hool

Lieve is a Belgian woman who marries just as World War II is beginning. When the Germans invade, her husband goes off to fight them, but he swiftly returns home after the invasion succeeds. Later, he decides that the Germans are on the right side of things, and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  André Delvaux
CAST:  Marie-Christine Barrault  •  Rutger Hauer  •  Senne Rouffaer  •  Roger Van Hool

Heartbeat (1968)

The mistress of a wealthy man misses material comforts when she leaves him for a younger lover.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alain Cavalier
CAST:  Catherine Deneuve  •  Michel Piccoli  •  Roger Van Hool  •  Amidou

The mistress of a wealthy man misses material comforts when she leaves him for a younger lover.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alain Cavalier
CAST:  Catherine Deneuve  •  Michel Piccoli  •  Roger Van Hool  •  Amidou

As Above, So Below (2014)

When a team of explorers ventures into the catacombs that lie beneath the streets of Paris, they uncover the dark secret that lies within this city of the dead.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Erick Dowdle
CAST:  Perdita Weeks  •  Ben Feldman  •  Edwin Hodge  •  François Civil

When a team of explorers ventures into the catacombs that lie beneath the streets of Paris, they uncover the dark secret that lies within this city of the dead.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Erick Dowdle
CAST:  Perdita Weeks  •  Ben Feldman  •  Edwin Hodge  •  François Civil

Iris (1987)

A female veterinarian moves to the country side to start her own practice. She encounters a lot a skeptical villagers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mady Saks
CAST:  Monique van de Ven  •  Roger Van Hool  •  Titus Tiel Groenestege  •  Tom Jansen

A female veterinarian moves to the country side to start her own practice. She encounters a lot a skeptical villagers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mady Saks
CAST:  Monique van de Ven  •  Roger Van Hool  •  Titus Tiel Groenestege  •  Tom Jansen

The Odyssey (2016)

The aquatic adventure of the highly influential and fearlessly ambitious pioneer, innovator, filmmaker, researcher, and conservationist, Jacques-Yves Cousteau, covers roughly thirty years of an inarguably rich in achievements life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jérôme Salle
CAST:  Lambert Wilson  •  Pierre Niney  •  Audrey Tautou  •  Laurent Lucas

The aquatic adventure of the highly influential and fearlessly ambitious pioneer, innovator, filmmaker, researcher, and conservationist, Jacques-Yves Cousteau, covers roughly thirty years of an inarguably rich in achievements life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jérôme Salle
CAST:  Lambert Wilson  •  Pierre Niney  •  Audrey Tautou  •  Laurent Lucas
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