Log in
Forty Years

Forty Years

1938 · 85 min · ★ 9.0 · Drama, History

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.

Directed by Johan De Meester · Written by Jo van Ammers-Küller

Your Rating

Cast

Make it a double feature

3h together

Forty Years

Pygmalion

Both from Johan De Meester.

More from Johan De MeesterSee all →

Small SoulsSmall Souls · 1969
Small Souls
★ 10.01969
SeriesDrama
Landmark tv adaptation of Louis Couperus' "Small Souls" saga, that tells of the gradual disintegration of the once-powerful Van Lowe clan.
PygmalionPygmalion · 1937
Pygmalion
★ 7.31937
MovieComedy
When linguistics professor Henry Higgins boasts that he can pass off Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle as a princess with only six months' training, Colonel George Pickering takes him up on the bet. Eliza moves into Higgins's home and begins her rigorous training after the professor comes to a financial agreement with her dustman father, Alfred. But the plucky young woman is not the only one undergoing a transformation.
RubberRubber · 1936
Rubber
★ 6.71936
MovieDramaRomance
John Van Laer is the overseer of a vast rubber plantation in the Dutch East Indies. His new wife Renee joins him at the plantation, but the monotony of her existence and unbearable heat soon drive her to distraction. One of Van Laer's workmen takes advantage of the boss' absence to seduce Renee.

More Like This

Couldn't load this row right now.

Rate this film

Your ratings make Midnight smarter