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Poster for Forty Years

Forty Years (1938)

★ 9.0/10 85 min Drama, History Netherlands Dutch
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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.

Top Cast

Cees Laseur
Cees Laseur Rolf van Meerle
Lily Bouwmeester
Lily Bouwmeester Annetje Maasdonk
Matthieu van Eysden
Matthieu van Eysden Frans Maasdonk
Ank van der Moer
Ank van der Moer Eline Verhulst
Eduard Verkade
Eduard Verkade Zijne Excellentie van Meerle
Adolphe Engers
Adolphe Engers Jan de Oude
Paul Steenbergen
Paul Steenbergen Wim Maasdonk
Cor Van der Lugt Melsert
Cor Van der Lugt Melsert Dick Maasdonk

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