Bogarde

/ ˈbəʊɡɑːd /

noun

1. Sir Dirk , real name Derek Jules Gaspard Ulric Niven van den Bogaerde . 1920–99, British film actor and writer: his films include The Servant (1963) and Death in Venice (1970). His writings include the autobiographical A Postillion Struck by Lightning (1977) and the novel A Period of Adjustment (1994)

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Timber was lucky with all the former defenders at Ajax at the time - assistant Winston Bogarde and under-19 coach John Heitinga were also on hand to share their experience and knowledge.

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The inspiration came from Luchino Visconti’s “Death in Venice”: In the Italian director’s historical drama, an aging composer played by Dirk Bogarde colors his hair and wears makeup to appear younger.

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“At the end, when he’s on the beach, the hair dye just starts running down his face, exposing the deceit at the heart of Bogarde’s character,” Lowery said.

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“Victim,” starring Dirk Bogarde as the husband, was among the first major English-language films in wide release to deal openly with gay issues at a time when many countries, including Britain and the United States, outlawed same-sex relations.

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In 1961 she was the wife of a closeted lawyer played by Dirk Bogarde — a role several other actresses had turned down — in the thriller “Victim,” the first British film to deal openly with homosexuality.

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