A Noble Intention

A Noble Intention

2015•1h 55m•6.5/10

Drama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.5/10(46)

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.

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Production

Topkapi Films, Mythberg Films, Menuet, VPRO

Language

NL

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Gijs Scholten van Aschat

Gijs Scholten van Aschat

Vedder

Jacob Derwig

Jacob Derwig

Anijs

Rifka Lodeizen

Rifka Lodeizen

Martha

Zeb Troostwijk

Klein Pet

Juda Goslinga

Juda Goslinga

Bennemin

Elisabeth Hesemans

Mother Bennemin

Joosje Duk

Joosje Duk

Johanna Bennemin

Sander van Amsterdam

Sander van Amsterdam

Lubber

Houk van Warmerdam

Sieger

Thomas Cammaert

Thomas Cammaert

Ebert

Leon Voorberg

Leon Voorberg

Henkenhaf

John Leddy

John Leddy

Mr. Carstens

Tobias Kersloot

Tobias Kersloot

Theo Vedder

Peter Blankenstein

Peter Blankenstein

J.A. Schuurman

Vilma Szécsi

Vilma Szécsi

Mrs. Carstens

René van Zinnicq Bergmann

René van Zinnicq Bergmann

Doctor Amshoff

Anne-May de Lijser

woman in train

Herman Egberts

Herman Egberts

platform manager

Hubert Fermin

Hubert Fermin

Mayor Mr. Pottinga

Ditha van der Linden

midwife

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