Forty Years

Forty Years (1938)

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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.

Directors: Johan De Meester, Edmond T. Gréville.

Casts

	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
	Myra Ward as Lily Burger
	Aaf Bouber as Juffrouw

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