Alphonse Marie "Fons" Rademakers (5 September 1920 – 22 February 2007) was a Dutch actor, film director, film producer and screenwriter. His 1960 film '' Makkers Staakt uw Wild Geraas'' was entered into the 11th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the

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Award. During a career spanning several decades he directed 11 films, including '' The Assault'', which won the

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in 1986, and ''

The Village on the River ''Village by the River'' ( nl, Dorp aan de rivier) is a 1958 Dutch film directed by Fons Rademakers. The film was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 32nd Academy Awards. Cast *Max Croiset ... Dr. Van Taeke * Mary Dresselhuys ... ...

'', nominated for the same award in 1959. Making him both the first Dutch director to be nominated and win this award. He granted a wide-ranging interview to

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in 1987."VIP Lounge - Fons Rademakers", Radio Netherlands Archives, August 17, 1987
/ref> He died in 2007 in a Geneva hospital of emphysema, after the life-support machines were switched off at his request.

Filmography

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'' (''Dorp aan de rivier'') (1958) *'' Makkers Staakt uw Wild Geraas'' (1960) *'' The Knife'' (''Het Mes'') (1961) *'' Like Two Drops of Water'' (''Als twee druppels water'') (1963) *'' The Dance of the Heron'' (''De dans van de reiger'') (1966) *''

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'' (1971) *''

Because of the Cats ''Because of the Cats'', released theatrically in the UK as ''The Rape'', is a 1973 Dutch-Belgian drama film directed by Fons Rademakers and starring Bryan Marshall, Alexandra Stewart, Sylvia Kristel and Sebastian Graham Jones. The film's Dut ...

'' (1973) *''

Max Havelaar ''Max Havelaar; or, The Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company'' ( nl, Max Havelaar; of, De koffi-veilingen der Nederlandsche Handel-Maatschappy) is an 1860 novel by Multatuli (the pen name of Eduard Douwes Dekker), which played a key role ...

'' (''Max Havelaar of de koffieveilingen der Nederlandsche handelsmaatschappij'') (1976) *'' Lifespan'' (1976) *'' The Judge's Friend'' (''Mijn vriend'') (1979) *'' Vrijdag'' (1981) *'' The Assault'' (1986) *'' The Rose Garden'' (1989)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rademakers, Fons 1920 births 2007 deaths Dutch male film actors Dutch male television actors Dutch film directors Dutch film producers Dutch screenwriters Dutch male screenwriters Golden Calf winners Directors of Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award winners Silver Bear for Best Director recipients Dutch expatriates in Italy Dutch expatriates in France People from Roosendaal Deaths from emphysema 20th-century screenwriters