Film / 1974

Baas Gansendonck

Name: Baas Gansendonck
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1974-12-26
Cast: François Bernard, Raymond Bossaerts, Sjarel Branckaerts, Walter Cornelis, Tuur de Weert

Directed by Maurits Balfoort

Comedy

★ 8.0/10Audience rating

Around 1860 in the Kempen region. Baas Gansendonck, the landlord of a village inn, feels far superior to the farmers and imagines himself to be of noble birth. His daughter Liza has always remained simple, but suddenly he finds her fiancé Karel, the brewer's son, beneath her. Gansendonck tries to marry his daughter to the baron, but after a fight to save Liza's honor, Karel ends up in prison. Meanwhile, Liza wastes away with grief.