'' Zeemansvrouwen '' (1930) is a Dutch film directed by

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, and was intended to be the first ever

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produced in the Netherlands. Instead, it became the last official Dutch silent film and the last film that would appear between 1930 and 1934. There would be semi-amateur films made in this interim.

Plot

Willem is a well-meaning sailor, that visits the pub of Tante Saar when he returns home. He sees the beautiful Leen come there often as well, who he falls in love with. She is together with Lau until Lau is sent to prison. Willem and Leen then get to know each other better and he promises to marry her after his next return from sea. But upon his return Lau is back in her life and a cat and mouse game arises between the two men.

Cast

* Harry Boda ... Willem Broerse * Josephine Schetser ... Mooie Leen * Raas Luijben ... Lau * Jos Pasch ... Dronken Lodewijk, vader van Leen * Clara Vischer-Blaaser ... Manke Mie * Henkie Klein ... Nelis * Daan Scheffer ... Kruidenier * Henriette Verbeek ... Lucy *

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... Daantje * Mejuffrouw Cellarius ... Jaantje *

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... Rooie Bart *

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... De luie

Trivia

In 1930, the film Zeemansvrouwen would have been the first Dutch sound film but due to technical and financial difficulties became the last Dutch silent film. In 2003, the images were studied by lip readers and the film's spoken material became a

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. It was screened during the Biennale on that year in the Film Museum in

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References

External links

* 1930 films Dutch black-and-white films 1930s Dutch-language films {{Netherlands-film-stub