Forty Years

9.0 (1 votes)• 1938• 85m•Released

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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.

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Languages: Dutch

Director: Johan De Meester, Edmond T. Gréville

Starring Cast: Cees Laseur, Lily Bouwmeester, Matthieu van Eysden, Ank van der Moer, Eduard Verkade, Adolphe Engers

Cast

Cees Laseur

Rolf van Meerle

Lily Bouwmeester

Annetje Maasdonk

Matthieu van Eysden

Frans Maasdonk

Ank van der Moer

Eline Verhulst

Eduard Verkade

Zijne Excellentie van Meerle

Adolphe Engers

Jan de Oude

Paul Steenbergen

Wim Maasdonk

Cor Van der Lugt Melsert

Dick Maasdonk

Martha Posno

Lottie van Meerle

Myra Ward

Lily Burger

Aaf Bouber

Juffrouw

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