''The Human Dutch'' ( nl, Alleman) is a 1963 Dutch
documentary film
A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional film, motion-picture intended to "document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". Bill Nichols (film critic), Bil ...
directed by
Bert Haanstra
Albert Haanstra (; 31 May 1916 – 23 October 1997) was a Dutch director of films and documentaries. His documentary ''Glass'' (1958) won the Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject in 1959. His feature film ''Fanfare'' (1958) was the mo ...
, about the daily lives of people in
the Netherlands
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. It was a big success in the Netherlands with almost 1.7 million admissions, the third
most successful Dutch film at the time.
[ It was nominated for an ]Academy Award
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for Best Documentary Feature. It was also selected as the Dutch entry for the Best Foreign Language Film
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Best Actor/Best Actress
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at the 37th Academy Awards
The 37th Academy Awards honored film achievements of 1964. For the first time, an award was presented in the field of makeup.
The Best Picture winner of 1964, director George Cukor's ''My Fair Lady'', was about the transformative training o ...
, but was not accepted as a nominee.[Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]
Cast
* Simon Carmiggelt
Simon Carmiggelt (7 October 1913 – 30 November 1987) was a Dutch writer, journalist, and poet who became a well known public figure in the Netherlands because of his daily newspaper columns and his television appearances.
Biography
Simon Johann ...
- Narrator (Dutch version) (voice)
* Peter Ustinov
Sir Peter Alexander Ustinov (born Peter Alexander Freiherr von Ustinov ; 16 April 192128 March 2004) was a British actor, filmmaker and writer. An internationally known raconteur, he was a fixture on television talk shows and lecture circuits ...
- Narrator (English version) (voice)
See also
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References
External links
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*, posted by the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision
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1963 films
1963 documentary films
1960s Dutch-language films
Dutch documentary films
Films directed by Bert Haanstra
Documentary films about the Netherlands
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