Hugo Claus Movies

  • 1980
    Whitey

    Whitey

    Whitey

    51980HD

    The second movie version, now in color, of Flemish (heimat-)author Ernest Claes' classical novel, titled after the nickname (Dutch 'the White',...

    Whitey
  • 1987
    Mascara

    Mascara

    Mascara

    51987HD

    A respected police commissioner has a reputation as a opera lover, but by night he also enjoys plunging into the transvestite scene. In addition, he...

    Mascara
  • 1961
    The Knife

    The Knife

    The Knife

    5.81961HD

    A boy is resentful of his mother's budding romance with the best friend of her late husband, and is torn and confused about his emerging feelings for...

    The Knife
  • 1971
    Mira

    Mira

    Mira

    5.21971HD

    The story of a small and conservative West-Flemish village opposing the construction of a bridge over the Scheldt.

    Mira
  • 2007
    Sylvia Kristel: Nu

    Sylvia Kristel: Nu

    Sylvia Kristel: Nu

    02007HD

    Thirty years ago Sylvia Kristel became world-famous with 'Emmanuelle'. This erotic film was the starting point of a curious career, during which...

    Sylvia Kristel: Nu
  • 2001
    De Verlossing

    De Verlossing

    De Verlossing

    02001HD

    A Flemish family comes together in their maternal home. Oscar, the grotesque patriarch, his bedridden wife Magda, his feeble son Johnny and his...

    De Verlossing
  • 1973
    Because of the Cats

    Because of the Cats

    Because of the Cats

    5.251973HD

    A gang of six wealthy, well-dressed and well-spoken hoodlums break into a married couple's house and rape the wife while forcing the husband to...

    Because of the Cats
  • 1984
    De droomproducenten

    De droomproducenten

    De droomproducenten

    01984HD

    Documentary exploring why Belgian television doesn't invest more money in Belgian cinema as is the case in e.g. the netherlands.

    De droomproducenten
  • 1985
    The Lion of Flanders

    The Lion of Flanders

    The Lion of Flanders

    6.21985HD

    A tale centered on the Battle of the Golden Spurs in 1302 where the Flemish rank and file won a major victory over the glorious French knights.

    The Lion of Flanders
  • 1982
    Minuet

    Minuet

    Minuet

    61982HD

    A factory worker is employed in the desolate, cold-storage cellars of a brewery. His spare time he devotes to collecting romantic images of wild...

    Minuet
  • 1958
    Village by the River

    Village by the River

    Village by the River

    6.81958HD

    An independent-thinking doctor in a rural community with his own ideas of how medicine should be practiced begins to find himself ostracized from the...

    Village by the River
  • 1990
    The Sacrament

    The Sacrament

    The Sacrament

    61990HD

    The 1950s. A family has its annual family reunion to commemorate the anniversary of mother's death. People drink and eat heavily and after a while...

    The Sacrament
  • 1990
    Janssen & Janssens draaien een film

    Janssen & Janssens draaien een film

    Janssen & Janssens draaien een film

    01990HD

    A documentary celebrating 25 years of flemish subsidised cinema.

    Janssen & Janssens draaien een film
  • 1981
    Vrijdag

    Vrijdag

    Vrijdag

    4.51981HD

    Hugo Claus rewrote and directed Friday as the cinematic version of his original 1969 play of the same name. Just as in the play, the story begins...

    Vrijdag
  • 1975
    Pallieter

    Pallieter

    Pallieter

    51975HD

    In this film version of the Dutch-language classic ('heimat'-)novel by Flemish author Felix Timmermans, the title character is a city-boy from Lier...

    Pallieter
  • 1987
    Diary of a Mad Old Man

    Diary of a Mad Old Man

    Diary of a Mad Old Man

    4.51987HD

    In this erotic drama, Marcel (Ralph Michael) fantasizes about being with his daughter-in-law Simone (Beatie Edney) after the death of his wife. The...

    Diary of a Mad Old Man
  • 1967
    Thursday We Shall Sing Like Sunday

    Thursday We Shall Sing Like Sunday

    Thursday We Shall Sing Like Sunday

    8.21967HD

    A bitter-sweet story of a young sales assistant and a truck driver trapped between their dreams and the economic depression.

    Thursday We Shall Sing Like Sunday
  • 1975
    Cancer Rising

    Cancer Rising

    Cancer Rising

    6.31975HD

    Well to do business man Pierre falls for the unpredictable and free spirited Toni. They begin a relationship, despite the fact that she's living with...

    Cancer Rising
  • 1968
    Toygirl

    Toygirl

    Toygirl

    01968HD

    Short sci-fi where a man finds a robotic woman a.k.a. 'toygirl'.

    Toygirl
  • 1978
    Dag dokter

    Dag dokter

    Dag dokter

    01978HD

    An ageing GP tries to convince his son in law to take over his practice. Monique van de Ven plays the doctor's daughter, who is torn apart by love of...

    Dag dokter