Bert Haanstra Movies

A small town doctor gets a visit from a former study-friend. He doesn't know this former surgeon has become a junkie that wants to steal his morphine.

Bert Haanstra was commissioned by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to make a short film about his own country. It had to be a piece of the work that...

Highlights of the Belgian Grand Prix from Spa-Francorchamps on June 5th, 1955.

Eight newspaper-columns by Dutch writer Simon Carmiggelt were turned into a film in honor of his 70st birthday.

Documentary about Queen Juliana of The Netherlands in honor of her 70st birthday, including a short interview with the queen.

Documentary on the first stage in oil exploration: the first drill.

Documentary on the genesis of oil in the Earth's crust.

Dutch sculpture in the late Middle Ages.

In 1952, Haanstra made Panta Rhei , another view of Holland through the eyes of a painter and filmmaker. Its poetic images of water, skies and clouds...

In Burgers Zoo the new residence of the gorillas is put in operation. Also the country of origin, Cameroon, is visited.

How the location and size of an oil field is measured. With animated explanations.

Documentary on oil exploration, the phase before drilling.

Bert Haanstra's first film.

Short poetic documentary about the southern sea in the Netherlands.

A subtle account of the chimpanzees' behaviour in Burgers Dierenpark in Arnhem, on the occasion of the publication of the book Chimpansee Politiek by...

The glass factories of Leerdam and Schiedam commissioned Bert Haanstra to make film about glass manufacturing. The entire process can be seen: the...