Forty Years

Name: Forty Years
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 1938-01-10
Duration: 1 h 25 min
Rating: 9
Cast: Cees Laseur, Lily Bouwmeester, Matthieu van Eysden, Ank van der Moer, Eduard Verkade

Veertig Jaren (1938)

1:25 (85 min)

Drama, History

Netherlands

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Release date

10 January 1938

Budget

$112 000

Director

Johan De Meester

Scenario

Jo van Ammers-Küller

All team (9)

Actors

Cees Laseur

Rolf van Meerle

Annetje Maasdonk

Frans Maasdonk

Eline Verhulst

Zijne Excellentie van Meerle

Adolphe Engers

Jan de Oude

Paul Steenbergen

Wim Maasdonk

Cor Van der Lugt Melsert

Dick Maasdonk

All actors and roles (10)

Short description

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.