Forty Years (1938)
Veertig Jaren
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.
- Date of release
- 1938-01-10
- TMDB
- 9.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- Genres
- Drama, History
- Director
- Johan De Meester, Edmond T. Gréville
Casting
- 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
Interesting facts
Forty Years or Veertig Jaren is a 1938 Dutch film directed by Edmond T. Gréville.
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