De trekschuit

Summary

Poetic feature about the last Dutch horse-drawn barge making a journey through the landscape of Holland with its mills and canals. A man is leading the horse along the tow-path. On the aft deck of the vessel is the skipper, two women in traditional dress and a man chewing tobacco. In the fo'c's'le is a young woman staring wistfully into the distance. On the roof of the cabin, a man is playing accordion. The woman at the stern talk together and sometimes they point at the sad girl.

In one version of the film there is a glimpse of the young woman walking arm-in-arm with a young man while being spied upon by another woman. While the people on board are occasionally shown in close up, the landscape glides past te spectator at the gentle pace of a tow-boat.

Information

original title
De trekschuit
foreign release title
Canal barge
production year
1932
censorship date
22-03-1933
release date
24-03-1933
preview date
03-12-1932
country
Netherlands
geographical names
category
Fictional

Images

Cast

Actor

Technical notations

original length
342
censorship length
367
sound
Sound
colour
Black & White
format
35mm
acts
1

Resources

G. Donaldson, Of Joy and Sorrow. A Filmography of Dutch Silent Fiction, Amsterdam (1997), p. 276

Centrale Commissie voor de Filmkeuring (Nationaal Archief: A2556)

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