Klassenstrijd

Summary

Father comes home and makes himself comfortable. He grumbles about his son Gerrit coming too late for the evening meal. Piet calls to collect Gerrit so that they can attend a political meeting. Father asks what is the point of all the meetings. Piet points out that, formerly, a working man was a wage-slave but nowadays he is selfassured and organized.

Father defends the activities of people like van Marken, Stork and Philips (three very well-known Dutch factory owners). A discussion arises in which Father defends liberalism and Piet defends socialism.

Three months later, a strike breaks out in the factory in which Gerrit works. Although Gerrit enthusiastically takes part in the strike, Leo, the fiancé of his sister Marie, stands aloof. After a quarrel about money, Gerrit is thrown out of the house by his father. Eighteen months later, Marie, now married to Leo and the mother of a son, is visited by a totally down-and-out Gerrit. At the insistence of his sister, Gerrit reconciles himself with his father and tells how his so-called friend, Piet the socialist, had left him to sink or swim.

Information

original title
Klassenstrijd
production year
1928
censorship date
14-12-1928
release date
01-12-1928
country
Netherlands
geographical names
category
Fictional
applicant inspection
production company

Crew

Technical notations

original length
824
censorship length
824
sound
Silent
colour
Black & White
format
35mm
acts
2

Resources

G. Donaldson, Of Joy and Sorrow. A Filmography of Dutch Silent Fiction, Amsterdam (1997), p. 272

Centrale Commissie voor de Filmkeuring (Nationaal Archief; 5692)

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