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Rob Houwer is a Scriptwriter and Producer Néerlandais born on 13 december 1937 at The Hague (Royaume des Pays-Bas)

Rob Houwer

Rob Houwer
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Birth name Robert Piet Houwer
Nationality Pays-bas
Birth 13 december 1937 (86 years) at The Hague (Royaume des Pays-Bas)
Awards Golden Calf, Golden Calf for Best Feature Film

Robert Piet Houwer (born 13 December 1937) is a Dutch film producer. Houwer frequently collaborated with Paul Verhoeven and produced most of his Dutch movies. However, they shared a very antagonistic relationship that came to a definitive end in 1983. Houwer never quite enjoyed the artistic and commercial successes he had during the Verhoeven years. In fact, three movies he produced are considered among the worst in Dutch cinema: De gulle Minnaar (1990), De Zeemeerman (1996) and Het woeden der gehele wereld (2006).

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Turkish Delight (1973)
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Filmography of Rob Houwer (19 films)

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The 4th Man, 1h42
Directed by Paul Verhoeven
Origin Pays-bas
Genres Drama, Thriller, Fantastic, Horror, Crime, Romance, Erotic thriller
Themes Films about writers, Films about sexuality, Bisexuality-related films, Erotic films, LGBT-related films, Erotic thriller films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Jeroen Krabbé, Renée Soutendijk, Thom Hoffman, Hans Veerman
Roles Producer
Rating71% 3.5943753.5943753.5943753.5943753.594375
Gerard Reve (Jeroen Krabbé), an alcoholic, bisexual novelist, leaves Amsterdam to deliver a lecture at the Vlissingen Literary Society. There, he becomes sexually involved with its attractive treasurer, Christine Halslag (Renée Soutendijk), who is alternately described as a witch, black widow, Delilah and the Devil. The Virgin Mary appears to him in visions to show that he is targeted as her fourth victim. Mary says, "Anyone given a warning must listen to it." Gerard listens and his life is spared. He passes on the warning to Herman, Christine's other lover, who ignores it, thinking that Gerard is trying to scare him off so that he can have Christine for himself. The movie ends with Herman's death, Christine's selection of a fifth victim and Gerard's future uncertain.
The Dragon That Wasn't (Or Was He?), 1h24
Origin Pays-bas
Genres Fantasy, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Feminist films, Films about magic and magicians, Films about dragons, Political films, Children's films
Actors Jack Angel, Lo van Hensbergen, Paul Haenen
Roles Producer
Rating73% 3.6929853.6929853.6929853.6929853.692985
One stormy night, a servant dog named Yost is reading that storms are caused by dragons. Starting to believe it to be true, he wakes up his employer, a bear named Oliver. When Oliver tries to convince Yost that dragons do not exist. Yost tries to convince Oliver otherwise by showing him a book he'd been reading during the storm. Oliver takes the book and reads a dragon-calling spell from it and the wind blows the curtains in their faces, and Oliver does not notice a dragon walking by the window. After the storm dies down, they see dragon tracks on the ground, and Yost goes searching for more evidence, Visiting Oliver's next door neighbor Kit Cat. He tells Kit Cat about what had happened with her determining that if she were a dragon after having laid an egg, she'd leave on the back path behind the gardens. In the middle of the forest, Yost insisted they look around to find something to convince Oliver that dragons are real and find a spherical object. Not knowing what it is, they take it back to Oliver, who assumes that it is a beach ball.
Soldier of Orange, 2h29
Directed by Paul Verhoeven
Origin Pays-bas
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Historical
Themes Political films
Actors Rutger Hauer, Jeroen Krabbé, Derek de Lint, Edward Fox, Susan Penhaligon, Lex van Delden
Roles Producer
Rating75% 3.7964853.7964853.7964853.7964853.796485
The film is about a group of students from Leiden, the Netherlands, amongst them Erik Lanshof (Rutger Hauer), Guus LeJeune (Jeroen Krabbé), Jan Weinberg (Huib Rooymans), and Alex (Derek de Lint). Robby Froost (Eddy Habbema) is a friend of Erik, and Esther (Belinda Meuldijk) is Robby's girlfriend. Each of them follow a different path and therefore have a different role in World War II, either as a collaborator or in the resistance. Part of the story is set in London, where Queen Wilhelmina (Andrea Domburg) has residence. The students Erik and Guus fight alongside Colonel Rafelli (Edward Fox) and soldier Susan (Susan Penhaligon) of the allied forces in London.
Katie Tippel, 1h40
Directed by Paul Verhoeven
Origin Pays-bas
Genres Drama, Historical, Romance
Actors Monique van de Ven, Rutger Hauer, Peter Faber, Fons Rademakers, Riek Schagen, Carry Tefsen
Roles Producer
Rating66% 3.347223.347223.347223.347223.34722
The film begins in 1881 at Stavoren, a small town on the outskirts of the Netherlands, and follows the journey of Katie's family to Amsterdam, where they hope to escape the grinding poverty of their native town by finding work in the capital. Upon their arrival Katie manages to secure employment at a dye-works, but is fired when she refuses to have sex with the company director. She manages to find a job at a hat shop, where, during a business trip to a brothel, she discovers her older sister Mina is working as a prostitute. Later that evening, back at the hat shop, she is brutally raped by the owner and, as an act of revenge, smashes the shop window.