A Noble Intention

A Noble Intention

115 mins | Drama | Dec. 10, 2015

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.

A Noble Intention

115 mins | Drama | Dec. 10, 2015

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.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers menuet, Mythberg Films, VPRO, Topkapi Films
Original title Publieke Werken
Directors Joram Lürsen
Writers Thomas Rosenboom, Frank Ketelaar

Cast

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

Houk van Warmerdam

as Sieger

Thomas Cammaert

as Ebert

Leon Voorberg

as Henkenhaf

John Leddy

as Mr. Carstens

Tobias Kersloot

as Theo Vedder

Peter Blankenstein

as J.A. Schuurman

Vilma Szécsi

as Mrs. Carstens

René van Zinnicq Bergmann

as Doctor Amshoff

Anne-May de Lijser

as woman in train

Herman Egberts

as platform manager

Hubert Fermin

as Mayor Mr. Pottinga

Menno van Beekum

as notary Biederlack

Ids van der Krieke

as postman

Martijn Nieuwerf

as Mayor Mr. van Tienhoven

Hanne Arendzen

as receptionist office Henkenhaf

Ronald de Bruin

as maitre victoria hotel

Kirsten Mulder

as nurse

Lykele Muus

as pharmaceut Halink