Bert Haanstra Movies

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

The film is a study of the differences and similarities between human and animal behaviour. The first part of the movie focuses on the behaviour of...

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

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.

Documentary about the current state of German cinema. Produced for German television.

Impressive, abstract dance film from Bert Haanstra.

Short film in which Dutch author Simon Carmiggelt visits the hairdresser.

Myrte and the Demons is a hallucinatory trip through a world shot in chiaroscuro in which lugubrious forest spirits take human forms at night. Myrte,...

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

Dutch sculpture in the late Middle Ages.

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

Bert Haanstra's first film.

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