Wim Sonneveld

VARA exists 80 years! We celebrate this with the DVD you have in your hands. About 5 hours top entertainment from VARA's entertainment cabinet. Fragments that will take you from 1958 to now. You still remember Dorus with his mouse trap? Or the "Kopspijkers" cabaret with the song "One Day Fly", Theo Maassen with his farewell speech of Henk van den Tillaart or Harry Vermegen and Henk Spaan with Popie Jopie? That's all on this DVD, and more!

When he came up you thought 'Ha, there it is'. And when the curtain collapsed you thought; "what a pity it is already over". This now winged statement by writer Simon Carmiggelt was spoken by him during a television commemoration on the evening of March 8, 1974, when Wim Sonneveld, one of the greatest entertainers the Netherlands has ever known, passed away. His unique theater personality, his voice, his songs and conferences, it belongs to the top of our Dutch cultural heritage. The best of his repertoire has become timeless and 28 highlights have been collected on this 2-DVD. Wim Sonneveld has remained a living and well-loved artist more than 30 years after his death. In his opening song he sings' Just pick up the canvas, turn on the light, and I'll show you what I can do ... 'On this 2dvd he shows and hears what he can do: Wim Sonneveld op z' n best!

This documentary explores the life and life of Harry Bannink, an important Dutch composer for theatre and television.

Eight newspaper-columns by Dutch writer Simon Carmiggelt were turned into a film in honor of his 70st birthday.

Scatterbrained but imaginative Robbie Henegouwen de Boer has only worked for a tour operator for two months, when a colleague is suddenly fired and he is tasked with showing an international coach party around. The newly-minted tour guide is faced with a plethora of problems...

Recording of the theatre program by the Dutch cabaret artists Wim Sonneveld, Willem Nijholt and Corrie van Gorp.

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Wim Sonneveld visits Japan, including Expo 70.

Recording of the duo cabaret show by the Dutch cabaret artists Wim Sonneveld and Ina Faassen.

Mies Bouwman talks to Wim Sonneveld on his farm in France, visits his lands with him, and does shopping in the village