Een oud keizerrijk

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Summary

Documentary about the town of Amerongen.

‘Amerongen: a previously unknown Dutch village, but since 1919 ... a famous royal resort’. With this text, filmmaker Willy Mullens begins this short promotional film, which was made for the municipality of Amerongen. The film begins like a typical ‘city film’, including the panoramic opening shot of Amerongen and its surroundings, but half-way through begin to focus on Amerongen’s most famous resident: Wilhelm II, the former Emperor of Germany.

After his escape to the Netherlands in November of 1918, the Bentinck castle in Amerongen became his new home. Though the former Emperor does not appear in the film, we do see his many security agents. Mullens also focuses on the flooding of Amerongen in January of 1919.

Information

original title
Een oud keizerrijk
alternative title
Amerongen
production year
1920
country
Netherlands
geographical names
category
Non-fictional
director
original distributor
producer
production company

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Crew

Technical notations

original length
223
sound
Silent
colour
Tinting
format
35mm
acts
1

Resources

Catalogus van Filmwerken - H.A.P. & BenS Film Comp., Den Haag (1923), p. 3

Nieuw Weekblad voor de Cinematografie No. 45, 1926

Algemeen Handelsblad, 19 augustus 1926

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