Character

7.4

Netherlands

History Drama

122 min

1997

Jan Decleir Mark Rietman Jack Hedley Cas Jansen Peter Paul Muller Marcel Hensema Janusz Chabior Kazimierz Krzaczkowski Marzena Kipiel-Sztuka Bruun Kuijt Myranda Jongeling Dennis Overeem Johan Ooms Jos Verbist Jaap Spijkers Wim van der Grijn Fedja van Huêt Betty Schuurman Tamar van den Dop Victor Löw Hans Kesting Lou Landré Bernhard Droog Frans Vorstman Fred Goessens Jasper Gottlieb Marius Gottlieb Marisa van Eyle Rick van Gastel

In pre-WWII Holland, the penniless, illegitimate son of a powerful bailiff sets out to become a lawyer as he spends a lifetime struggling to prove his worth to his relentlessly spiteful father.