115 minutes
12/10/2015
1888: a luthier, Vedder, has to step aside when his home, opposite the recently completed Central Station in Amsterdam, must yield for the planned Victoria Hotel. His cousin Anijs, pharmacist in the Northern provinces of the Netherlands, has gotten into a fix after illegal medical practices, and is looking for a way out. For himself and his wife Martha, but also for a colony of poor peat cutters whom he promises a future in the United States. Committed - or is it pride? - the two of them think up a scheme from which they all will fully benefit. With tragic consequences.
Gijs Scholten van Aschat
as Vedder
Jacob Derwig
as Anijs
Rifka Lodeizen
as Martha
Zeb Troostwijk
as Klein Pet
Juda Goslinga
as Bennemin
Elisabeth Hesemans
as Mother Bennemin
Joosje Duk
as Johanna Bennemin
Sander van Amsterdam
as Lubber
Houk van Warmerdam
as Sieger
Thomas Cammaert
as Ebert
Leon Voorberg
as Henkenhaf
John Leddy
as Mr. Carstens
Tobias Kersloot
as Theo Vedder
Peter Blankenstein
as J.A. Schuurman
Vilma Szécsi
as Mrs. Carstens
René van Zinnicq Bergmann
as Doctor Amshoff
Anne-May de Lijser
as woman in train
Herman Egberts
as platform manager
Hubert Fermin
as Mayor Mr. Pottinga
Ditha van der Linden
as midwife
Menno van Beekum
as notary Biederlack
Ids van der Krieke
as postman
Martijn Nieuwerf
as Mayor Mr. van Tienhoven
Hanne Arendzen
as receptionist office Henkenhaf
Ronald de Bruin
as maitre victoria hotel
Kirsten Mulder
as nurse
Lykele Muus
as pharmaceut Halink