A Noble Intention
2015•16•1h 55m•6.5•Released
Drama
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.
Director
Joram Lürsen
Writer
Frank Ketelaar
Languages
Dutch
Studio
Topkapi Films
Cast
Gijs Scholten van Aschat
Vedder
Jacob Derwig
Anijs
Rifka Lodeizen
Martha
Zeb Troostwijk
Klein Pet
Juda Goslinga
Bennemin
Elisabeth Hesemans
Mother Bennemin
Joosje Duk
Johanna Bennemin
Sander van Amsterdam
Lubber
Houk van Warmerdam
Sieger
Thomas Cammaert
Ebert
Leon Voorberg
Henkenhaf
John Leddy
Mr. Carstens
Tobias Kersloot
Theo Vedder
Peter Blankenstein
J.A. Schuurman
Vilma Szécsi
Mrs. Carstens
Production
Company
Topkapi Films
Company
Mythberg Films
Company
Menuet
Company
VPRO
Producer
Frans van Gestel
Producer
Laurette Schillings
Producer
Arnold Heslenfeld
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