May 1, 1927 · 99 years old
Roland Verhavert was a Belgian film director. He directed 44 films between 1955 and 1993. He co-directed the 1955 film Seagulls Die in the Harbour, which was entered into the 1956 Cannes Film Festival. His 1974 film The Conscript was entered into the 24th Berlin International Film Festival.

This Flemish heimat-movie after a novel by Felix Timmermans, the title of which translates as "farmers psalm", is about the at first sight idyllic, but actually tragical life of Wortel, a god-fearing peasant in a pre-war Belgian v...

Widower Rainier has returned to his estate after WWI. His family wants him to marry Emily, his sister-in-law. Meanwhile Rolande a woman he met in Paris during the war persuades him to invest a lot of money in the 'Académie de Beau...

Duty and uncertainty take a toll on two sailors working a cargo ship with an unknown mission and date of departure.

A middle aged mother struggles to cope with her youngest daughter growing up after her eldest daughter's marriage breaks down.