Forty Years
movie
Released January 10, 1938
Overview
This government commissioned film -- made on the occasion of the forty year anniversary of queen Wilhelmina's reign -- chronicles the lives of two Dutch families from 1898 to 1938 against the backdrop of the social and political events of the times. It shows the emergence of trade unions, the troubled years of the First World War, the development of aviation and Schiphol airport, the Dutch East Indies and the lives of the Dutch royal family.
Cast
Cees Laseur
as
Rolf van Meerle
Lily Bouwmeester
as
Annetje Maasdonk
Matthieu van Eysden
as
Frans Maasdonk
Ank van der Moer
as
Eline Verhulst
Eduard Verkade
as
Zijne Excellentie van Meerle
Adolphe Engers
as
Jan de Oude
Paul Steenbergen
as
Wim Maasdonk
Cor Van der Lugt Melsert
as
Dick Maasdonk
Martha Posno
as
Lottie van Meerle
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Myra Ward
as
Lily Burger
Aaf Bouber
as
Juffrouw
