''The Flying Dutchman'' or '' De Vliegende Hollander'' is a

1957 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1957th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 957th year of the 2nd millennium, the 57th year of the 20th century, and the 8th y ...

Dutch Dutch commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands * Dutch people () * Dutch language () Dutch may also refer to: Places * Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States * Pennsylvania Dutch Country People E ...

biographical film A biographical film or biopic () is a film that dramatizes the life of a non-fictional or historically-based person or people. Such films show the life of a historical person and the central character's real name is used. They differ from docudra ...

directed by

Gerard Rutten Gerard is a masculine forename of Proto-Germanic language, Proto-Germanic origin, variations of which exist in many Germanic and Romance languages. Like many other Germanic name, early Germanic names, it is dithematic, consisting of two meaningfu ...

about the life of famed aviator

Anthony Fokker Anton Herman Gerard "Anthony" Fokker (6 April 1890 – 23 December 1939) was a Dutch aviation pioneer, aviation entrepreneur, aircraft designer, and aircraft manufacturer. He produced fighter aircraft in Germany during the First World War such ...

Plot

The film centers around Fokkers first years as he starts up his aeroplane factory. With

trial and error Trial and error is a fundamental method of problem-solving characterized by repeated, varied attempts which are continued until success, or until the practicer stops trying. According to W.H. Thorpe, the term was devised by C. Lloyd Morgan (1 ...

he eventually manages to make trustworthy planes and set up a company.

Cast

* Ton Kuyl -

* Mimi Boesnach - Mother of Anthony Fokker *

Cruys Voorbergh Cornelius Cruys ( no, Niels Creutz, i=no, russian: Корнелий Крюйс, i=no; 14 June 1655 – 14 June 1727) was a Norwegian–Dutch admiral of the Imperial Russian Navy, and the first commander of the Russian Baltic Fleet. Early ...

Coen Flink Coen may refer to: * Coen (name), a given name and surname * Enrico Coen (1957), a British botanist * Coen brothers, a U.S. filmmaker sibling duo * Coen River, Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia; named after ''Jan Pieterszoon Coen'' in 162 ...

*Bob De Lange *Guus Oster *Bernard Droog *Paul Huf *Lies Franken *Sophie van Dijk

External links

* 1957 films Dutch black-and-white films Dutch biographical drama films Dutch war drama films World War I aviation films World War I films based on actual events Aviation films Biographical films about military personnel 1950s Dutch-language films 1950s war drama films Cultural depictions of Anthony Fokker Films set in the Netherlands Films directed by Gerard Rutten 1950s biographical drama films 1957 drama films Films scored by Henk Badings Dutch World War I films {{Netherlands-film-stub