vrijdag 29 december 2023

IN DE SCHADUW VAN DE OVERWINNING

Date: 1986
Director: Alte de Jong
Production Company: Sigma Film Productions

Stars:
Jeroen Krabbe, Edwin de Vries, Linda van Dyck, Marieke van der Pol, Rijk de Gooyer, Ton Lutz, Tom Jansen, Hein Boele, Filip Bolluyt, Gijs Scholten van Aschay.

Storyline:
During World War 2, two members of the Dutch resistance share the same goal but use very different methods to reach it.

1986 2023

Location: Intersection Zaanstraat and Spaandammerplantsoen, Amsterdam

Location: Amstelkade 1, Amsterdam

Location: Intersection Banstraat and Nicolaas Maasstraat, Amsterdam

Location: Apollo Huis, Apollolaan 15, seen from Gerrit van der Veenstraat, Amsterdam

Location: Apollo Huis, Apollolaan 15, Amsterdam

Location: Churchill-Laan 223, Amsterdam

Location: Unknown

Location: Intersection Zaanstraat and Spaandammerplantsoen, Amsterdam

Location: P.L. Kramerbrug, looking at Joseph Israelkade, Amsterdam

Location: P.L. Kramerbrug, looking at Amstelkade, Amsterdam

Location: Amstelkade 6 – 9, Amsterdam

Location: Burgemeester Tellegenstraat 128, Amsterdam

Location: Passage between Olympiaweg house number 36 and 38, Amsterdam

Location: Entrepotdok 21 to 1, Amsterdam

Location: Brink 24, Amsterdam

Location: Damrak 50, Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam

Location: Unknown

Location: Pieter Lodewijk Takstraat, Amsterdam

vrijdag 17 november 2023

L'ULTIMO SAPORE DELL'ARIA

Date: 1978
Director: Ruggero Deodato
Production Companies: Nippon Herald Films, Tritone Cinematografica

Stars:
Carlo Lupo, Vittoria Galeazzi, Luigi Diberti, Jacques Sernas, Angela Goodwin, Fiorenzo |Fiorentini, Alfio Androver, Emillio Delle Piane

Storyline:
Diego Michele is a troubled runaway who tries to make something out of himself by joining a swimming team and competing in national tryouts and champion races which takes a turn when he is struck by a terminal illness and attempt to find a way to beat it.

Additional information:

The screenshot that was taken on the intersection Herengracht and Leidsegracht; This is the same location where later, in 2014, the dramatic scene was shot of the two terminal ill characters who played in the film: The fault in our stars. Coincidence?

1978 2023

Location: Damrak, Amsterdam

Location: Intersection Singel and Muntplein, Amsterdam

Location: Intersection Herengracht and Leidsegracht, Amsterdam

Location: Reijnier Vinkeleskade, Amsterdam

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: Nieuwe Herengracht, Walter Suskindbrug, Amsterdam

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.