Bert Haanstra

[stephan73]

Last week a DVD box, containing 10 discs has been released with the complete works of Bert Haanstra. And what's great (for non-Dutch speakers) there are subtitles for every film, and even some English comentary!.

Here's what's on the discs:

Disc 1.
Fanfare (1958)
Glas (1958)
Spiegel Van Holland (1950)
Panta Rhei (1951)

Disc 2.
De Zaak M.P. (1960)
Rembrandt, Schilder Van De Mens (1957)
Nederlandse Beeldhouwkunst In De Late Middeleeuwen (1951)
De Muiderkring Herleeft (1948)
God Shiva (1955)

Disc 3.
Alleman (1963)
Zoo (1962)
Nederland (1983)

Disc 4.
De Stem Van Het Water (1966)
En De Zee Was Niet Meer (1955)
Delta Phase 1 (1962)

Disc 5.
Bij De Beesten Af (1972)
Strijd Zonder Einde (1955)

Disc 6.
Dokter Pulder Zaait Papavers (1975)
Retour Madrid (1967)

Disc 7.
Een Pak Slaag (1979)
Vroeger Kon Je Lachen (1983)

Disc 8.
Chimps Onder Elkaar (1984)
Monument Voor Een Gorilla (?)
Nationale Parken: Noodzaak (1978)
Kinderen van Ghana (1988)

Disc 9.
Dijkbouw (1952)
Olie Productie - Ontstaan En Vergaan (1954)
Olie Productie - De Opsporing Van Aardolie (1954)
Olie Productie - De Verkenningsboring (1954)
Olie Productie - Het Olieveld (1954)
Over Glas Gesproken (1958)

[Juan Meyer]

I am interested in learning more about Haanstra. Can you provide some more background on him and his history?

[Camera Obscura]

Here's something I found. http://www.berthaanstra.nl/english.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I cannot find many online resources about Haanstra in English. Considering he's an Oscar-winning filmmaker, this is somewhat disheartening. Perhaps some missionary work might be in place, but I'm afraid I'm not very good at those things.

[Brevity]

Since today is the centenary of Bert Haanstra's birth, I wanted to celebrate the occasion by alerting people to the fact that the (English-friendly) DVD set containing his complete works appears to be still available very inexpensively at various places.

I've been very slowly working my way through it chronologically over the last year or two, and I wish I could say more (or something at least) but I haven't even got to the feature-length things yet! However, having copies of Mirror of Holland and Glas (the only film of his I had seen previously -- and I've already been skipping ahead in my curriculum to revisit it!) is already worth the 28 euros or whatever I paid for it. Certainly among my more satisfying film purchases.