A Noble Intention

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.

Cast

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

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