Overview - Forty Years

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

• Name: Cees Laseur

  Character: Rolf van Meerle

  Popularity: 0.1537

  

• Name: Lily Bouwmeester

  Character: Annetje Maasdonk

  Popularity: 0.1211

  

• Name: Matthieu van Eysden

  Character: Frans Maasdonk

  Popularity: 0.0742

  

• Name: Ank van der Moer

  Character: Eline Verhulst

  Popularity: 2.3567

  

• Name: Eduard Verkade

  Character: Zijne Excellentie van Meerle

  Popularity: 0.0861

  

• Name: Adolphe Engers

  Character: Jan de Oude

  Popularity: 0.0885

  

• Name: Paul Steenbergen

  Character: Wim Maasdonk

  Popularity: 0.0561

  

• Name: Cor Van der Lugt Melsert

  Character: Dick Maasdonk

  Popularity: 0.0168