Frans Buyens

ActorDirector

Films

One day the Witnesses will be no more

By Frans Buyens

1979 | 80 min | Documentary

Documentary | 80 min | 1979

The Belgian Amicale of Auschwitz-Birkenau is organising a three-day trip to both camps for 120 young university students accompanied by 10 survivors. The Belgian Amicale d'Auschwitz-Birkenau organised a three-day study trip to the two camps for 120 young university students accompanied by ten survivors. On site, discussions took place on ethics, racism and dictatorship. The young people also asked themselves how they would have behaved under the Nazi regime if they had been Germans. The film is ...

Ieder van ons

By Frans Buyens

1971 | 80 min | Documentary

Documentary | 80 min | 1971

Film in cinéma-vérité style exploring the boundery between fiction and reality of actors and the roles they (have to) play.

Tango Tango

By Frans Buyens

1994 | 81 min | Documentary

Documentary | 81 min | 1994

The adaptation of a play performed by the Stap theatre group, a company that organizes theatrical performances featuring actors with a mental disability.

Tot mijn Laatste Adem

By Gerrit Messiaen

2000 | 52 min | Documentary

Documentary | 52 min | 2000

A documentary about life and works of director Frans Buyens.

Will o' the Wisp

By Frans Buyens

1973 | 108 min | Timeless

Timeless | 108 min | 1973

A rainy evening in the harbor of Antwerp. A man named Laarmans is on his way home even though he doesn't want to. Three lost Eastern sailors are looking for a woman named Maria Van Dam and ask Laermans to show them the way. He decides to help them find this mysterious woman.