Frans Zwartjes

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Frans Zwartjes

Directing May 13, 1927

Alkmaar, Netherlands

Frans Zwartjes (*Alkmaar, 5/13/1927–The Hague, 11/18/2017) was a film maker, musician, violin maker, artist and sculptor. In the late 1960's he became well known with films showin…

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Living

Living

6.9 1971 Movie
Pentimento

Pentimento

5.6 1979 Movie
Bedsitters

Bedsitters

6.6 1974 Movie
Sorbet '3'

Sorbet '3'

5.0 1968 Movie
Audition

Audition

5.2 1973 Movie
Anamnesis

Anamnesis

6.2 1969 Movie
Medea

Medea

7.0 1982 Movie
Film II

Film II

1967 Movie
In Extremo

In Extremo

8.0 1981 Movie
Body Art

Body Art

1975 Movie
film fragments

film fragments

2015 Movie
Moving Stills

Moving Stills

4.0 1972 Movie

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Frans Zwartjes (*Alkmaar, 5/13/1927–The Hague, 11/18/2017) was a film maker, musician, violin maker, artist and sculptor. In the late 1960's he became well known with films showing grotesquely dressed up actors involved in little power-mad sexual games. Hysterics and cruelty are his regular topics. Susan Sontag called Zwartjes "the most important contemporary experimental film maker". Zwartjes made over fifty films. Pentimento (1979), Living (1971) and Ín Extremo (1981) seem to be his best known films. Director Ruud Monster's documentary The Great Wizard portrays Zwartjes as a self-conscious artist who comments on the world in a farcical way. The film was partly shot at Zwartjes's home, while he was composing.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2015
    film fragments

    Movie Director

  2. 2006
    The Great Magician

    Movie

  3. 1992
    Beyond

    Movie Director

  4. 1984
    Rudi van Dantzig repeteert

    Movie Director

  5. 1982
    Medea

    Movie Director

  6. 1981
    In Extremo

    Movie Director

  7. 1979
    Pentimento

    Movie Director

  8. 1976
    It's Me

    Movie Director

  9. 1975
    Body Art

    Movie Cinematography

  10. 1974
    Bedsitters

    Movie Director

  11. 1973
    Audition

    Movie Director

  12. 1972
    Moving Stills

    Movie Director

  13. 1971
    Living

    Movie

  14. 1970
    Seats Two

    Movie Director

  15. 1970
    Toilet

    Movie Director

  16. 1970
    Through the Garden and Into the Living

    Movie Director

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  1. 1970
    They Are Five

    Movie Director

  2. 1970
    How Did You Know I Was in Trouble

    Movie Director

  3. 1970
    Spectator

    Movie Director

  4. 1970
    Behind Your Walls

    Movie Director

  5. 1969
    Visual Training

    Movie Director

  6. 1969
    Anamnesis

    Movie Director

  7. 1969
    Eating

    Movie Director

  8. 1969
    Compilatie

    Movie Director

  9. 1969
    Spare Bed-Room

    Movie Director

  10. 1969
    Collage

    Movie Director

  11. 1968
    Sorbet '3'

    Movie Director

  12. 1968
    Birds, One

    Movie Director

  13. 1968
    A Fan

    Movie Director

  14. 1968
    Dolls

    Movie Director

  15. 1968
    Sorbet II

    Movie Director

  16. 1967
    Film II

    Movie Director