Movie
The Good Hope (1934)
Drama
Story
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.
Director: Louis Saalborn, Alex Benno Starring: Esther de Boer-van Rijk, Philip Dorn, Jan Van Ees, Annie Verhulst
The Good Hope Cast
- Esther de Boer-van Rijk as Kniertje
- Philip Dorn as Geert
- Jan Van Ees as Barend
- Annie Verhulst as Jo
- 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