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The Letter For The King (film)
''The Letter for the King'' ( nl, De Brief voor de Koning, ) is a 2008 Dutch adventure film written by Maarten Lebens and Pieter Verhoeff and directed by Verhoeff. The film is based on the 1962 book of the same name by Dutch writer Tonke Dragt. In 1963 the book won the Dutch award Best Youth Book of the Year; in 2004 it was named the Best Youth Book of the past 50 years. Over a million copies of the book have been sold to date. The filming of ''The Letter for the King'' took place from November 2007 till early March 2008, on locations in Germany (Eisenach and Engelskirchen), Luxembourg (Vianden), Belgium and the Netherlands. Plot In the land of Dagonaut a medieval squire named Tiuri and four other squires spend their last night before being knighted inside the chapel without chatting, sleeping, or eating. This is their last test in order to become a knight. But suddenly a badly wounded knight knocks on the door looking for help. Tiuri abandons the rules and opens the door. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pieter Verhoeff
Pieter Verhoeff (4 February 1938 – 17 April 2019) was a Dutch film director. He studied at the Netherlands Film and Television Academy and graduated in 1966. He is known for his films '' The Mark of the Beast'', '' The Dream'' and '' The Moving True Story of a Woman Ahead of Her Time''. All three stories take place in his native Friesland. He won two Golden Calf's in his career. Filmography * '' The Mark of the Beast'' (''Het teken van het beest'') 980* '' The Dream'' (''De Dream'') 985* '' Count Your Blessings'' (''Van geluk gesproken'') 987* ''The Sunday Child'' (''De Zondagsjongen'') 992* ''The Longest Journey'' (''De Langste Reis'') 997* ''Mates'' (''Maten'') 999* '' The Moving True Story of a Woman Ahead of Her Time'' (''Nynke'') 001* ''The Letter for the King'' (''De Brief voor de Koning'') 008* ''Tokyo Trial The International Military Tribunal for the Far East (IMTFE), also known as the Tokyo Trial or the Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal, was a military trial convened on A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daan Schuurmans
Daniël Adrianus Augustinus "Daan" Schuurmans (born 24 January 1972) is a Dutch actor. He is married to Dutch actress Bracha van Doesburgh and they have a daughter named Sophia and twins sons named Kees and Boris. Career Schuurmans began his career in 1996, when he played a role in '' Fort Alpha''. After several other roles he landed in '' Westenwind''. After his roles in both ''Costa!'' and the TV series with the same title he received national recognition and played roles in other national productions, including '' Volle maan'', ''Phileine zegt sorry'', ''Polleke'', ''Pipo en de p-p-Parelridder'', '' Snowfever'' and '' Floris''. In 2006, Schuurmans played in the TV series '' Keyzer & De Boer Advocaten''. Since 2014 he's been starring in the TV series '' Heer en Meester'' (Lord and Master) as Valentijn Bentinck, a charming millionaire who likes investigating crimes and has a mysterious past. He is also recently starring in several Dutch theater productions. In 2022 he was th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dutch Historical Adventure Films
Dutch commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands * Dutch people () * Dutch language () Dutch may also refer to: Places * Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States * Pennsylvania Dutch Country People Ethnic groups * Germanic peoples, the original meaning of the term ''Dutch'' in English ** Pennsylvania Dutch, a group of early Germanic immigrants to Pennsylvania *Dutch people, the Germanic group native to the Netherlands Specific people * Dutch (nickname), a list of people * Johnny Dutch (born 1989), American hurdler * Dutch Schultz (1902–1935), American mobster born Arthur Simon Flegenheimer * Dutch Mantel, ring name of American retired professional wrestler Wayne Maurice Keown (born 1949) * Dutch Savage, ring name of professional wrestler and promoter Frank Stewart (1935–2013) Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional characters * Dutch (''Black Lagoon''), an African-American character from the Japanese manga and anime ''Blac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000s Dutch-language Films
S, or s, is the nineteenth letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''ess'' (pronounced ), plural ''esses''. History Origin Northwest Semitic šîn represented a voiceless postalveolar fricative (as in 'ip'). It originated most likely as a pictogram of a tooth () and represented the phoneme via the acrophonic principle. Ancient Greek did not have a phoneme, so the derived Greek letter sigma () came to represent the voiceless alveolar sibilant . While the letter shape Σ continues Phoenician ''šîn'', its name ''sigma'' is taken from the letter ''samekh'', while the shape and position of ''samekh'' but name of ''šîn'' is continued in the '' xi''. Within Greek, the name of ''sigma'' was influenced by its association with the Greek word (earlier ) "to hiss". The original name of the letter "sigma" may have been ''san'', but due to the complica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000s Historical Adventure Films
S, or s, is the nineteenth letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''ess'' (pronounced ), plural ''esses''. History Origin Northwest Semitic šîn represented a voiceless postalveolar fricative (as in 'ip'). It originated most likely as a pictogram of a tooth () and represented the phoneme via the acrophonic principle. Ancient Greek did not have a phoneme, so the derived Greek letter sigma () came to represent the voiceless alveolar sibilant . While the letter shape Σ continues Phoenician ''šîn'', its name ''sigma'' is taken from the letter '' samekh'', while the shape and position of ''samekh'' but name of ''šîn'' is continued in the '' xi''. Within Greek, the name of ''sigma'' was influenced by its association with the Greek word (earlier ) "to hiss". The original name of the letter "sigma" may have been ''san'', but due to the compli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 Films
The year 2008 involved many major film events. ''The Dark Knight'' was the year's highest-grossing film, while ''Slumdog Millionaire'' won the Academy Award for Best Picture (out of eight Academy Awards). Evaluation of the year 2008 has been widely considered to be a very significant year for cinema. The entertainment agency website IGN described 2008 as "one of the biggest years ever for movies." It stated, "2008 was the year when the comic book movie genre not only hits its zenith, but also gained critical respectability thanks to ''The Dark Knight''. Animated films also proved a huge draw for filmgoers, with Pixar's ''WALL-E'' becoming not only the highest grossing toon but also the most lauded. Things got off on the right foot with the monster movie madness of ''Cloverfield''. Marvel got down to business laying the groundwork for their superhero team-up ''The Avengers'' with the blockbuster hit ''Iron Man'' and their respectable attempt at rebooting ''The Incredible Hulk''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Netherlands Film Fund
The Netherlands Film Fund ( nl, Nederlands Filmfonds) is a subsidy fund for Dutch film productions and was founded in 1993. The Netherlands Film Fund is itself mainly subsidized by the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science. In 2007, the total budget of the fund was €33,000,000. The fund gave €651,174 subsidy to the film ''Character'' (1997) and €578,570 to the film '' Black Book'' (2006). Since 2001, the Netherlands Film Fund and the Netherlands Film Festival recognize box office results of Dutch films with awards. Currently, there are four different box office awards: the Crystal Film (10,000 visitors for documentary films), the Golden Film (100,000 visitors), the Platinum Film (400,000 visitors), and the Diamond Film The Diamond Film ( nl, Diamanten Film) is a film award recognising domestic box office achievements in the Netherlands. The Diamond Film is awarded to films from the Netherlands once they have sold 1,000,000 cinema tickets or more during the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Netherlands Film Festival
The Netherlands Film Festival ( nl, Nederlands Film Festival) is an annual film festival, held in September and October of each year in the city of Utrecht. During the ten-day festival, Dutch film productions and co-productions are exhibited. Besides feature films, the program also consists of short subjects, documentary films, and television productions. On the closing evening of the festival, the Golden Calves are awarded to the best films, directors, and actors. Together with the Netherlands Film Fund, the festival also recognises box office results of Dutch film productions during the year with the Crystal Film (10,000 visitors of documentary films), the Golden Film (100,000 visitors), the Platinum Film (400,000 visitors), and the Diamond Film (1,000,000 visitors). History The Netherlands Film Festival was founded in 1981 by the Dutch film maker Jos Stelling, who called it the "Netherlands Film Days" (''Nederlandse Filmdagen''). Initially the festival was oriented towards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golden Film
The Golden Film ( nl, Gouden Film) is a film award recognizing domestic box office achievements in the Netherlands. The Golden Film is awarded to films from the Netherlands once they have sold . The award is an initiative by the Netherlands Film Festival and the Netherlands Film Fund to increase media attention for Dutch films. For each awarded film there is one trophy for the film crew and another for the film cast. When the Golden Film was introduced in 2001, it was awarded to films once they had sold . In the following years, the public's interest in Dutch films in the Netherlands had increased. In 2003, the audience criterion was increased to in an effort to further stimulate the Dutch film industry. Since its introduction, the Golden Film has been awarded to more than 100 films. While the cast and crew have considered their receiving films to be successful, critics have said that films that sold only or cannot be considered a commercial success. For this reason the fac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marburg
Marburg ( or ) is a university town in the German federal state (''Bundesland'') of Hesse, capital of the Marburg-Biedenkopf district (''Landkreis''). The town area spreads along the valley of the river Lahn and has a population of approximately 76,000. Having been awarded town privileges in 1222, Marburg served as capital of the landgraviate of Hessen-Marburg during periods of the fifteenth to seventeenth centuries. The University of Marburg was founded in 1527 and dominates the public life in the town to this day. Marburg is a historic centre of the pharmaceutical industry in Germany, and there is a plant in the town (by BioNTech) to produce vaccines to tackle Covid-19. History Founding and early history Like many settlements, Marburg developed at the crossroads of two important early medieval highways: the trade route linking Cologne and Prague and the trade route from the North Sea to the Alps and on to Italy, the former crossing the river Lahn here. A first mention o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uwe Ochsenknecht
Uwe Adam Ochsenknecht (; born 7 January 1956) is a German actor and singer. Career Films Ochsenknecht has starred in include ''Das Boot'' (1981), ''Schtonk!'' (1992), and the TV miniseries ''Frank Herbert's Dune'' (2000). In the early 1990s, he gained a second foothold in music. He has since released several albums; he is a singer in the band The Screen, while Mick Rogers (Manfred Mann's Earth Band) and Thomas Blug are guitar players. The two ex-musicians of Gary Moore's band Pete Rees (bass) and Graham Walker (drums) are also represented. Ochsenknecht stars in the television film series ''Der Bulle und das Landei'', playing a police commissioner who was transferred to the rural Eifel area, at irregular intervals since 2009. Personal life Ochsenknecht was married to Natascha Ochsenknecht until 2012 and has three children with her: sons Wilson Gonzalez Ochsenknecht (b. 1990) and Jimi Blue Ochsenknecht (b. 1991), who are both actors, and daughter Cheyenne Savannah Ochsenknech ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monic Hendrickx
Monic Hendrickx (born 3 December 1966 in Sint Anthonis) is a Dutch actress. She has won several awards during her career including four Golden Calf awards for Best Actress at the Nederlands Film Festival, the Jury Award at the 2001 Newport Beach Film Festival and the Best Actress Award at the 1999 Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema. Early life Monic Hendrickx was born in 1966 in the Netherlands. At the age of three, she and her family moved to Paramaribo, Suriname. Eventually Hendrickx started her acting education at Toneelschool in Maastricht. Career Hendrickx made her screen debut in '' The Polish Bride''. In 2007 she filmed an English language adaptation of '' The Polish Bride'' in Australia. The film was called ''Unfinished Sky'' and her character was changed from a Polish woman to an Afghani refugee. For her performance, she won the 2008 AFI Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. From 2010 to 2017, she played the lead role of crime boss Carmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
