The Good Hope

The Good Hope

105 mins | Drama | Dec. 21, 1934

Fisherman’s widow Kniertje urges her two younger sons to set sail on the ‘Op hoop van zegen’, a heavily insured floating wreck which duly goes down in a storm. Kniertje is left behind, alone and lonely. Based on Herman Heijermans’ socialist-inspired Dutch theatre classic.

The Good Hope

105 mins | Drama | Dec. 21, 1934

The Good Hope
Fisherman’s widow Kniertje urges her two younger sons to set sail on the ‘Op hoop van zegen’, a heavily insured floating wreck which duly goes down in a storm. Kniertje is left behind, alone and lonely. Based on Herman Heijermans’ socialist-inspired Dutch theatre classic.
Producers M.H.D. Film
Original title Op Hoop Van Zegen
Directors Alex Benno, Louis Saalborn
Writers Herman Heijermans

Cast

Philip Dorn

as Geert

Jan Van Ees

as Barend

Willem van der Veer

as Reder Bos

Sophie de Vries-de Boer

as Vrouw van Reder Bos

Miep van den Berg

as Clementine

Coen Hissink

as Kaps

Willem Hunsche

as Simon

Cissy Van Bennekom

as Marietje

August Kiehl

as Daantje

Anton Verheyen

as Kobus

Aaf Bouber

as Truus

Matthieu van Eysden

as Sergeant Mariniers