"Ja zuster, nee zuster" (1966) TV series 1966-1968

Seasons:

1 | 2

Release Date:

21 September 1966 (Netherlands)

Genre:

Musical

Plot Keywords:

Lost Film

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Hetty Blok	...	Zuster Klivia (20 episodes, 1966-1968)
Leen Jongewaard	...	Gerrit / ... (20 episodes, 1966-1968)
Piet Hendriks	...	Ingenieur (20 episodes, 1966-1968)
Carla Lipp	...	Jet (20 episodes, 1966-1968)
John Kuipers	...	Bertus (20 episodes, 1966-1968)
Dick Swidde	...	B.B. Boordevol / ... (20 episodes, 1966-1968)
Piet Ekel	...	Lorre (20 episodes, 1966-1968)
Barry Stevens	...	Bobby (11 episodes, 1966-1967)

Series Directed by
Henk Barnard		(14 episodes, 1966-1968)
Frits Butzelaar		(2 episodes, 1966-1967)
Berend Boudewijn		(2 episodes, 1966)

Series Writing credits
Annie M.G. Schmidt		(20 episodes, 1966-1968)

Series Produced by
Gerrit den Braber	....	producer (20 episodes, 1966-1968)
Margot de Boer	....	producer (20 episodes, 1966-1968)

Series Original Music by
Harry Bannink		(20 episodes, 1966-1968)

Series Makeup Department
Arjen Van Der Grijn	....	makeup and hair (20 episodes, 1966-1968)

Series Art Department
Wim Bijmoer	....	set designer (20 episodes, 1966-1968)

Series Music Department
Harry Bannink	....	musician: piano (20 episodes, 1966-1968)
Chris Dekker	....	musican: drums (20 episodes, 1966-1968)
Tom Dissevelt	....	musician: bass (20 episodes, 1966-1968)
Harry Mooten	....	musician: accordion (20 episodes, 1966-1968)

Series Other crew
Jos Ditmars	....	technical director (20 episodes, 1966-1968)
Jack Bow	....	choreographer (10 episodes, 1966-1967)

Distributors

• Verenigde Arbeiders Radio Amateurs (VARA) (1966-1968) (Netherlands) (TV)

Country:

Netherlands

Language:

Dutch

Color:

Black and White

Trivia:

The musical interludes, which usually had little to do with the story lines, were originally to be performed by a children's choir. However, songwriters Annie M.G. Schmidt & Harry Bannink insisted the actors sing the songs themselves. This resulted in several hit songs, 4 LPs, 2 EPs, 12 singles and numerous compilations.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "De Nachtshow: Episode dated 13 March 1987" (1987)

Dutch TV-series from the 60's

This series was broadcasted between September '66 and April '68 (20 episodes). I have no recollection of the tv-series itself, as I was too young at the time. The series was originally intended for children, but during the running it attracted also the attention from older people, and soon became one of the most famous and legendary series of all time in the Netherlands.

The strange thing about the series is, that the original film tapes are no longer available. Film tapes were so expensive in the sixties that other material was recorded over the original. So re-runs are impossible, although some material was rediscovered in the nineties. But from what i have heard the stories were very basal and not very interesting.

The main attraction was without any doubt the songs, mainly performed by Hetty Blok and Leen Jongewaard. In the sixties those songs appeared on 4 LP's and in the nineties they were released on CD. The songs are nowadays (+35 years later!) still extremely popular amongst people of all ages in the Netherlands.

The songs were an unique blend of the talents of Annie MG Schmidt, a popular writer of books for children and composer Harry Bannink. The most famous songs are: "De kat van Ome Willem", "In een rijtuigje" and the title song.