maandag 25 september 2023

BLACK LOTUS

Date: 2023
Director: Todor Chapkanov
Production Companies: Capstone Film Group, Black Lotus Europe, TDMP

Stars:
Rico Verhoeven, Frank Grillo, Marie Dompnier, Peter Franzen, Pipi Casey, Rona-Lee Shimon, Magnus, Samuelsson, Simon Wan, Kevin Janssens, Hristo Petkov

Storyline:
An ex-special forces operative wages a one man war through the streets of Amsterdam to rescue his friend’s daughter from the local crime syndicate.

2023 2023

Location: Station Sloterdijk, Amsterdam

Location: Unknown

Location: Nieuwe Herengracht, Walter Suskindbrug, Amsterdam

Location: Unknown

Location: Intersection Achtergracht and Amstel, Amsterdam

Location: Amstelveld, Amsterdam

Location: Intersection Bloemgracht and Prinsengracht

Location: Intersection Nieuwe Keizersgracht and Hortusplantsoen, Amsterdam

Location: Hortusplantsoen, Amsterdam

Location: Nieuwe Herengracht, Amsterdam

Location: Intersection Bloemgracht and Prinsengracht, Amsterdam

Location: Sint Jansstraat, Amsterdam

Location: De Dam, Amsterdam

woensdag 13 september 2023

QUELLE STRANE OCCASIONI

Date: 1976
Director: Nanni Loy
Production Company: Rizzoli Film

Stars:
Paolo Villaggio, Valeria Moriconi, Lars Bloch, Flavio Bucci, Ulla Jopannsen, Frank Nuyen

Storyline:
Quelle Strane Occasioni consists out of three parts: L’ Ascensore, Italian Superman and Il Cavelluccio Svedese. Italian Superman has been filmed completely in Amsterdam.
Italian Superman is about an Italian businessman who ends up in the Amsterdam nightlife of the 70’s.

1976 2023

Location: Damrak and looking at Prins Hendrikkade, Amsterdam

Location: Stationsplein and looking at Prins Hendrikkade, Amsterdam

Location: Centraal Station, Stationsplein, Amsterdam

Location: Grote Bickersstraat, Amsterdam

Location: Bickersgracht, Amsterdam

Location: Prinseneiland, Amsterdam

Location: Intersection 2de Grote Bickerstraat and Haarlemmer Houttuinen, Amsterdam

Location: Nieuwe Teertuinen, Amsterdam

Location: Oudebrugsteeg, Amsterdam

Location: Centraal Station, seen from Prins Hendrikkade, Amsterdam

Location: Prins Hendrikkade and looking at Zeedijk, Amsterdam

Location: Basiliek van de Heilige Nicolaas, Prins Hendrikkade 73, Amsterdam

zaterdag 26 augustus 2023

CISKE DE RAT (1955)

Date: 1955
Director: Wolfgang Staudte
Production Companies: NV Filmtrust, Filmproductie My. “Amsterdam” N.V..

Stars:
Dick van den Velde, Kees Brusse, Jenny van Maerlant, Riek Schagen, Stine Lerou, Lies Franken, Katja Ernst, Rob de Vries, Cees Laseur, Jan Teulings

Storyline:

The story is set in the Amsterdam of the 50s, and told from the perspective of a teacher named Bruis (Kees Brusse). The narrative is centered around Cis Vrijmoeth, an oaf who never sees his father, because he is a sailor, and who is neglected by his mother. Time after time he is expelled from school. Only teacher Bruis can really handle and restrain the young boy. In a fit of rage and fear, Ciske kills his mother with a knife and is sent to a youth detention center. In the end, his father returns from sea and decides to take care of him, together with his wife Aunt Jans.

Additional information:
With 2.433.000 viewers it is the third best visited movie of the Dutch cinema. The film was shown at the Venetian Movie Festival, where it won a Silver Lion of San Marco. It has also received an honorable mention from the Office Catholique Internationale du Cinema.