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Forty Years

Forty Years

  • Overview
  • Cast
  • Crew

Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 10, 1938

Runtime

1h 25m

Genres

Drama, History

Original Title

Veertig Jaren

Director

Johan De Meester

Budget

$60,420

Description

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.