Kapitein Rob en het Geheim van Professor Lupardi (''Captain Rob and the Secret of Professor Lupardi'') is a 2007 Dutch adventure film, directed by
Hans Pos
Hans may refer to:
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* Hans Raj Hans, Indian singer and politician
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** Yuvraj Hans, Punjabi a ...
and based on
Evert Werkman
Evert is a Dutch and Swedish short form of the Germanic masculine name "Everhard" (alternative Eberhard).Evert at the and Pieter J. Kuhn's eponymous newspaper comic ''
Kapitein Rob
''Kapitein Rob'' ("Captain Rob") was a Dutch adventure comic strip, created and drawn by Pieter Kuhn and written by journalist Evert Werkman. The series ran from December 11, 1945 until January 21, 1966. Together with Marten Toonder's '' Tom ...
''.
The script was written by De Waal and Hans Pos in collaboration with their production companies '' Screenpartners'' and ''
Shooting Star Films
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Before making his acting deb ...
''. It received a Gouden Film award in 2007 and a MovieSquad Junior Award in 2008, but was otherwise neither a critical nor a commercial success. Critic Jan Pieter Ekker of
De Volkskrant
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Formerly a leading centre-left Catholic broadsheet, ''de Volkskrant'' today is a medium-sized c ...
felt the story was comparable to "
cardboard
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" and that its low budget showed too much.
Plot
Captain Rob has to babysit Stijn and Sandra, the children of his sister Marga, when he hears that a cargo of gold has been stolen when the ship sailed through a mysterious mist. He receives the mission to investigate the matter immediately and takes the children with him. Along his journey he meets the weatherwoman Paula. They eventually discover that the evil professor Lupardi and his assistant Yoto have stolen the gold to make an ultra crystal which can change the weather...
Cast
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Thijs Römer
Thijs Römer (born 26 July 1978) is a Dutch actor. He appeared in more than twenty films since 2000. He divorced actress Katja Schuurman in February 2015.
On November 17th 2022, the Dutch authorities officially announced Römer will be prosecuted ...
Katja Schuurman
Katja Schuurman (born 19 February 1975) is a Dutch actress, singer and television personality.
Early life
She grew up as the eldest daughter of a Dutch father and a Surinamese mother, born in Curaçao. Her sister Birgit is also a singer and a ...
: Paula
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Arjan Ederveen
Arjan Ederveen Janssen (born 9 September 1956) is a Dutch actor, comedian, TV scriptwriter and TV director. He participated in the TV series '' Theo en Thea'', '' Kreatief met Kurk'' and '' 30 minuten'' and played in the musicals ''Hairspray'' a ...
: Professor Lupardi
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Alex Klaasen
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People
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*Alex Brown (disambiguation), multiple people
*Alex Gordon (disambiguation), multiple people
*Alex Harris (disambiguation), multiple peop ...
: Yoto
*
Jack Wouterse
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Jack Wouterse (born 17 June 1957 in Soest) is a Dutch actor. His career as a movie actor took off with his role in the 1992 film ''The Northerners'', directed by Alex van Warmerdam. Wouterse made his international debut in an episode o ...
Ricky Koole
Ricky Koole (born 11 September 1972) is a Dutch singer and film actress. She appeared in more than forty films since 1996.
Personal life and career
Koole graduated in 1995 with a Bachelor of the Arts from the ''Kleinkunstacademie'' in Amsterdam ...
: Marga
*
Hans Kesting
Hans Kesting (born 6 October 1960) is a Dutch actor. He appeared in more than fifty films since 1987. He was diagnosed with HIV in 1996. In 2016 he was awarded the Louis d'Or
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: Chief commandos
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Yannick de Waal
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: Sammie
*
Marcel Roelfsma
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People
* Marcel (given name), people with the given name Marcel
* Marcel (footballer, born August 1981), Marcel Silva Andrade, Brazilian midfielder
* Marcel (footballer, born November 1981), Marcel Augusto Ortolan, Brazilian s ...
: Chief guard
*
Stijn Westenend Stijn is a Dutch short form of names ending in "stijn" such as Constantijn or Augustijn. It was the tenth most popular name for boys born in the Netherlands in 2007.Sociale Verzekeringsbank. (n.d.).Kindernamen top 20/ref> People with this name inc ...
: Researcher
*
Mike Reus
Mike may refer to:
Animals
* Mike (cat), cat and guardian of the British Museum
* Mike the Headless Chicken, chicken that lived for 18 months after his head had been cut off
* Mike (chimpanzee), a chimpanzee featured in several books and document ...
: Scientist
*
Kenneth Herdigein
Kenneth Herdigein (born June 12, 1959 in Paramaribo) is a Dutch actor of Surinamese descent, best known as a television actor in popular Dutch comedy-dramas.
Career
Herdigein first gained popularity as a television actor in the 1980s, in such sho ...
: Commander
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Richard Kemper
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Wouter Bos
Wouter Jacob Bos (; (born 14 July 1963) is a retired Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA) and businessman.
Bos attended the Christian Gymnasium in Zeist from June 1975 until July 1980 and applied at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam i ...
: Prime Minister
*
Joost Prinsen
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: Police inspector
*
Marisa van Eyle Marisa may refer to:
* Marisa (town), an Indonesian town
* Marisa, Hellenised name of Maresha, town in Idumea (today in Israel)
* Marisa (given name), a feminine personal name
* ''Marisa'' (gastropod), a genus of apple snails
* MV ''Marisa'' (193 ...