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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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Topkapi Films, Mythberg Films, Menuet, VPRO
Original Title
Publieke Werken
Original Language
Dutch
Cast
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Gijs Scholten van Aschat
Vedder
J
Jacob Derwig
Anijs
R
Rifka Lodeizen
Martha
J
Juda Goslinga
Bennemin
E
Elisabeth Hesemans
Mother Bennemin
J
Joosje Duk
Johanna Bennemin
S
Sander van Amsterdam
Lubber
T
Thomas Cammaert
Ebert
L
Leon Voorberg
Henkenhaf
J
John Leddy
Mr. Carstens
T
Tobias Kersloot
Theo Vedder
P
Peter Blankenstein
J.A. Schuurman
V
Vilma Szécsi
Mrs. Carstens
R
René van Zinnicq Bergmann
Doctor Amshoff
A
Anne-May de Lijser
woman in train
H
Herman Egbers
platform manager
H
Hubert Fermin
Mayor Mr. Pottinga
D
Ditha van der Linden
midwife
M
Menno van Beekum
notary Biederlack
I
Ids van der Krieke
postman
