The Absentee

The Absentee

40 mins | Drama | May 2, 1913

Dries, a farmer and a widower, lives with his mother-in-law Grietje and his son Peter. He falls in love with Minna, a widow, and marries her despite the opposition of his family and friends. In anger his son Peter leaves home to enlist, while Grietje takes up her residence in another cottage. Six years pass, during which Grietje becomes acquainted with Minna's daughter Dina. Peter falls ill in Sumatra, but after falling in love with Dina, through the medium of photographs, he recovers and is drafted home again to Holland. He meets Dina and the two find that they truly love.

The Absentee

40 mins | Drama | May 2, 1913

The Absentee
Dries, a farmer and a widower, lives with his mother-in-law Grietje and his son Peter. He falls in love with Minna, a widow, and marries her despite the opposition of his family and friends. In anger his son Peter leaves home to enlist, while Grietje takes up her residence in another cottage. Six years pass, during which Grietje becomes acquainted with Minna's daughter Dina. Peter falls ill in Sumatra, but after falling in love with Dina, through the medium of photographs, he recovers and is drafted home again to Holland. He meets Dina and the two find that they truly love.
Producers Pathé Frères, Hollandsche Film
Original title De afwezige
Directors Albert Capellani
Writers George Mitchell

Cast

Henri Étiévant

as Dries Schoonejans

Henri Rollan

as Peter Schoonejans

Jeanne Grumbach

as Schoonmoeder Grietje / Mother-in-law Grietje

Germaine Dermoz

as Minna Petrus

Raymonde Dupré

as Dina