The Good Hope(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.

Genre: Drama

Director: Alex Benno, Louis Saalborn

Actors: Esther De Boer-van Rijk, Philip Dorn, Jan Van Ees, Annie Verhulst, Willem van der Veer, Sophie de Vries-de Boer, Miep van den Berg, Coen Hissink, Willem Hunsche, Cissy Van Bennekom

Release date: 1934-12-21

Country of origin: Netherlands

Length: 1h 45m

Ratings:

• 7.0/10