Veertig Jaren

Het verhaal

Samenvatting in het Engels

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

C Cees LaseurRolf van Meerle L Lily BouwmeesterAnnetje Maasdonk M Matthieu van EysdenFrans Maasdonk A Ank van der MoerEline Verhulst E Eduard VerkadeZijne Excellentie van Meerle A Adolphe EngersJan de Oude P Paul SteenbergenWim Maasdonk C Cor Van der Lugt MelsertDick Maasdonk M Martha PosnoLottie van Meerle M Myra WardLily Burger A Aaf BouberJuffrouw