Hugo Claus

Hugo Claus

1929-04-05 Bruges, Belgium 26 Credits

Biography

Hugo Maurice Julien Claus was a leading Belgian author who published under his own name as well as various pseudonyms. Claus' literary contributions spanned the genres of drama, the novel, and poetry; he also left a legacy as a painter and film director. He wrote primarily in Dutch, although he also wrote some poetry in English.

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Sylvia Kristel: Nu

Sylvia Kristel: Nu

2007

as Self

Acting

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

De Verlossing

De Verlossing

2001

Director, Writer

Directing Writing

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

Herman the Gangster

Herman the Gangster

1995

Writer

Writing

Short gangster film based on a novella by Belgian writer Hugo Claus.

Janssen & Janssens draaien een film

Janssen & Janssens draaien een film

1990

as Self

Acting

A documentary celebrating 25 years of flemish subsidised cinema.

The Sacrament

The Sacrament

1990

Director, Producer, Writer

5.8
Directing Producing Writing

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 all...

Jan Cox, a Painter's Odyssey

Jan Cox, a Painter's Odyssey

1988

as Self

Acting

Biographical film about the life and work of the Belgian painter Jan Cox. Cox had a tempestuous youth, during which he co-founded the Jeune Peinture B...

Mascara

Mascara

1987

Writer

4.8
Writing

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 h...

Diary of a Mad Old Man

Diary of a Mad Old Man

1987

Writer

4.4
Writing

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 wo...

The Lion of Flanders

The Lion of Flanders

1985

Director, Writer

6.5
Directing Writing

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.

Permeke

1985

Acting

When Anna, a twenty-eight-year-old photographer, is put in charge of a report on the restoration works at The Ostend Museum of Modern Art, she discove...

De droomproducenten

1984

as Self

Acting

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

Minuet

Minuet

1982

Writer

6.0
Writing

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 flowe...

Vrijdag

Vrijdag

1981

Director, Writer

4.5
Directing Writing

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 with...

Whitey

Whitey

1980

Writer

5.0
Writing

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

The Inheritance

The Inheritance

1978

Writer

Writing

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 ...

Pallieter

Pallieter

1975

Screenplay

5.2
Writing

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 wh...

Cancer Rising

Cancer Rising

1975

Writer

6.3
Writing

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 ...

Because of the Cats

Because of the Cats

1973

Writer

5.4
Writing

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 watch....

Mira

Mira

1971

Writer

5.2
Writing

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

The Enemies

The Enemies

1968

Director

5.4
Directing

The tribulations of an American GI during the Ardennes offensive and the people he encounters, keeps you riveted all the way through the unexpected en...

Toygirl

1968

Director

Directing

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

Thursday We Shall Sing Like Sunday

Thursday We Shall Sing Like Sunday

1967

Scenario Writer

8.2
Writing

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

The Dance of the Heron

The Dance of the Heron

1966

Writer

6.0
Writing

The rich and conservative Edward can not forgive his younger wife who had been unfaithful. She's trying to get his attention by flirting with a Dutch ...

De luitenant

1964

Writer

Writing

A film about friendship between forsaken boys.

The Knife

The Knife

1961

Writer

5.8
Writing

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 ...

Village by the River

Village by the River

1958

Dialogue, Writer

6.8
Writing

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 ...