Best Dutch musical movies

The Flemish harmony Sint-Cecilia from Staaikerke and the Walloon harmony En Avant are both selected for the big European finale. The Walloon En Avant comes up with the great trumpeter Hugues. Hugues is so amazing during his solo that Willy, from the Flemish Sint-Cecilia, has to give everything he has, the highest note, the lowest note, the last note... Willy falls dead on stage. Surprising everyone, both harmonies get selected for the finale. But what will the Flemish do without their best player? Elke, the daughter of conductor Jozef, has an idea. A transfer! What works easily on a football field seems to be more difficult in the music world. The young, handsome Hugues generates a lot of emotions in the quiet village of Staaikerke. His transfer drives the conflict between En Avant and Sint-Cecilia on.

Set in wartime Belgium, two brothers—Staf (or Louis) and Dirk Segers—grow up inseparable, only to find their bond torn apart during WWII when one joins the Resistance and the other sides with the occupiers.

Registration of the second musical about Nijntje (Miffy). In this musical Nijntje experiences various adventures: she has a sleepover with her grandparents, where she also learns to knit; Together with her friend Nina she dresses up as a ghost, she goes to school for the first time and she makes a snowman.

The second Armin Only event returned to Rotterdam’s Ahoy Stadium on Saturday, November 11th. The debut in 2005 was an astonishing success on multiple fronts, which rightly called for a sequel. This year, the event drew again over 12,000 visitors who experienced an unforgettable night, which can best be described as an enchanting musical trip with dozens of surprises along the way

Television adaptation/registration of the theatre program by the Dutch children's theatregroup RoTheater. The play is a comical adaptation of the fairytale of Puss in Boots.

Sensation White 2006: Amsterdam Arena, Netherlands

The fairy tale of the little mermaid begins on a beautiful day when, during a sudden, violent storm, the prince's ship is wrecked with all hands lost. The prince is saved by the little mermaid, who sings a beautiful song for him with her lovely, pure voice. Unfortunately, her father forbids her from having any contact with the human world. Just before the prince wakes up, the little mermaid quickly dives back into the sea. When the prince wakes up, he only remembers a beautiful voice, but whose? The girl with this beautiful voice must become his bride! And so begins the prince's search for his bride. The evil sea witch has heard and seen everything in her magic ball. She thinks this is the perfect opportunity to find a husband for her stupid and ugly daughter. The sea witch devises a wicked plan to keep the little mermaid and the handsome prince apart. Will the sea witch succeed, or will true love prevail?

Sensation White 2005, Amsterdam Arena, Netherlands.

On the flat island of Texel, Marie is a girl who has a vivid imagination who dreams about mountains. She feels oppressed by the strict religious island community and its narrow-minded way of life. Being the only girl in a big and poor family during wartime, she doesn't have much of a choice than to marry Paul, the beachcomber’s son. From the moment a regiment of Georgians are stationed on the island, Marie’s life changes and flourishes. With their film, music, and especially with their inventive, unusual survival strategies and entirely different life style, this isolated group of outsiders and in particular the young soldier Goga opens a new way for Marie. Through them, she realizes all her dreams without fear.

On July 5th 2008 the Amsterdam ArenA was filled with the Ocean of White. Against a breathtaking backdrop of waterfalls and fountains, the world's best DJs provided the music, spectacular dance acts and mind-blowing special effects provided the entertainment, and thousands of people were submerged in the magical underwater world.

Registration of the stage musical, based on the Dutch children's television series from the 1970s. Based on the fairy tale "The Pied Piper of Hamelin", it tells what happened with the children after they disappeared from this German town. When The Piedpiper solves the rat problem in the town of Hamelin The Mayor refuses to pay him his gold so out of revenge he disappears with all the children of the town and 4 adults (Bertram Bierenbroodspot, his fiancé and the daughter of the Mayor Lidwientje Walg, Gatekeeper Aernout Koffij and Town Crier Hildebrandt Brom), the alternate reality they find themselves in is an adventure.

Sensation White 2003, Amsterdam ArenA, Netherlands.

The musical adventure of the 16-year-old Jasmine who goes to Suriname to attend a song contest, but secretly is looking for her mother.

"Klein Duimpje" has had enough. He doesn't want to be small anymore, he wants to be big! "But how does someone become big?" Klein Duimpje wonders. Witch has a cunning plan for that... "Strength of big, strength of small, let one become the other!" Poof! She casts a spell, making Klein Duimpje ten times bigger! But is being bigger actually more enjoyable?

Sensation White 2004, Amsterdam Arena, Netherlands.

Ciske de Rat - the Musical, based on Piet Bakker's trilogy, not only tells the famous story of Ciske, the boy with a heart of gold and his cheeky antics, but also how Ciske fares as an adult.

July 2009 ID&T celebrated their 10th edition at the Amsterdam ArenA by launching a sexy new theme – Wicked Wonderland.

Sensation White 2002, Amsterdam ArenA, Netherlands.

Sensation 2001 in Amsterdam ArenA. Guests were asked to come dressed in white - a success that 2002 sparked the Sensation White-concept.

Sensation White 2007 Amsterdam Arena presenting the premiere of 'The Tree of Love'.

Spike, an aspiring rapper, gets sucked into a criminal environment and ends up in jail for smuggling drugs.

Frank Groothof tells and sings the story of Ulysses' homecoming. He is accompanied musically by the saxphone ensemble Sax et Plus. The Dutch peninsula of Schiermonnikoog forms the backdrop for the story, in which Groothof himself plays almost all carachters.

The European premiere of the opera by the contemporary American composer John Adams, with libretto by Peter Sellars, in a co-production of the San Francisco Opera (where the work premiered), the Lyric Opera of Chicago, and De Nederlandse Opera. The plot focuses on the great stress and anxiety experienced by those at Los Alamos while the test of the first atomic bomb (the "Trinity" test) was being prepared.

Based on the traditional Dutch smartlap genre (an overly dramatic folk song). Maria Machita has to deal with a lot of heartache in this short musical film; her father dies in an accident, her mother perishes in the theatre, and her sweet Turkish boyfriend is leaving the country. Awarded with a Gouden Kalf for Best Short Film, the Prijs van de Stad Utrecht and the Pathé Tuschinski Award. (from http://www.filmfestival.nl/publiek/films/de-tranen-van-maria-machita)

A family owning a traditional flea circus tries to survive next to the new attraction on the fair.