Overview
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
- Cees Laseur as Rolf van Meerle
- Lily Bouwmeester as Annetje Maasdonk
- Matthieu van Eysden as Frans Maasdonk
- Ank van der Moer as Eline Verhulst
- Eduard Verkade as Zijne Excellentie van Meerle
- Adolphe Engers as Jan de Oude
- Paul Steenbergen as Wim Maasdonk
- Cor Van der Lugt Melsert as Dick Maasdonk
- Martha Posno as Lottie van Meerle
- Myra Ward as Lily Burger