Op hoop van zegen

Summary

The ship-owner Bos has become a rich man whose conscience is not troubled by his knowingly sending out unseaworthy fishing boats. Kniertje, a widow who has lost her husband and two sons at sea, works for Bos as charwoman and is kindly treated by his daughter Clementine. Kniertje lives with her two remaining sons, Geert and Barend, and her niece Jo, who is engaged to Geert. Geert is in the navy and Barend does whatever work he can find. During a dance evening in the local café, Geert fights with his superior officer who has insulted Jo, and for this he is sent to gaol. Bos has an old boat, "Op Hoop van Zegen", that he wants to send to sea again, despite the warning of the drunken ships carpenter Simon that the boat is rotten. Geert, released from gaol, comes back home. Kniertje wants him and Barend to join the crew of the "Op Hoop van Zegen". Barend hates the sea and has heard Simon's warning. Only his mother's pleading induces him to sign the articles. Mees, the fiancé of Simon's daughter Marietje, will be another member of the crew. While Kniertje's birthday is being celebrated, the time comes for the men to board the boat. Barend, fearing that the boat will sink, hides himself but is found by the constables and forced to go aboard, much to the shame of his mother. Six weeks go by and nothing has been heard of the "Op Hoop van Zegen". While a fierce storm rages outside, Kniertje, Jo, Marietje and the other women sit together telling each other stories about the friends and relations they have lost at sea. Jo reveals that she is bearing Geert's child. Every day the women go to the ship-owner's office to hear if there is news. It is Clementine who picks up the telephone and hears that Barend's body has been washed ashore. The "Op Hoop van Zegen" has been lost with all hands on board. Kniertje cannot believe the terrible news. Now she has lost all those dear to her and she blames herself for having forced Barend to go with the doomed boat. She barely notices when Kaps, the book-keeper, pushes a pan with food into her hand. She stands up mechanically and trudges to her lonely cottage.

Information

original title
Op hoop van zegen
foreign release title
Die Hoffnung auf Segen
production year
1918
censorship date
18-10-1928
release date
29-11-1918
preview date
21-10-1918
country
Netherlands
geographical names
category
Fictional
original distributor
production company

Crew

Technical notations

original length
1750
censorship length
1138
sound
Silent
colour
Tinting
format
35mm
acts
5

Resources

G. Donaldson, Of Joy and Sorrow. A Filmography of Dutch Silent Fiction, Amsterdam (1997), pp. 175-176

Centrale Commissie voor de Filmkeuring (Nationaal Archief; 4536]

R. Bishoff, Hollywood in Holland, Amsterdam (1988), pp. 85-86, p. 105, p. 108, p. 113, p. 130

De Bioscoop-Courant No. 40, 28 juni 1918, p. 8

De Bioscoop-Courant No. 47, 16 augustus 1918; Bijlage van De Bioscoop-Courant

De Bioscoop-Courant No. 48, 23 augustus 1918; Bijlage van De Bioscoop-Courant

De Bioscoop-Courant No. 51, 13 september 1918; Bijlage van De Bioscoop-Courant

De Bioscoop-Courant No. 4, 25 oktober 1918, p. 53

De Bioscoop-Courant No. 8, 22 november 1918, p. 24, 33

De Bioscoop-Courant No. 10, 6 december 1918; Bijlage van De Bioscoop-Courant

De Bioscoop-Courant No. 12, 20 december 1918; Bijlage van De Bioscoop-Courant

De Bioscoop-Courant No. 15, 10 januari 1919; Bijlage van De Bioscoop-Courant

De Kinematograaf, No. 300, 18 oktober 1918, p. 4076-77

De Kinematograaf, No. 301, 25 oktober 1918, p. 4085, 4098, 4099

De Kinematograaf, No. 302, 1 november 1918, p. 4101-03

De Film-Wereld, No. 31 , 7 september 1918, p. 2

De Film-Wereld No. 38, 1918, pp. 4-6

De Film-Wereld No. 48, 1918. pp. 6-7

De Film-Wereld No. 48, 1920, p. 3

Tooneel en Bioscoop No. 36, 1917-1918, p. 136

Algemeen Handelsblad, 10 oktober 1918

Algemeen Handelsblad, 28 november 1918

Algemeen Handelsblad, 29 juni 1922

Algemeen Handelsblad, 27 november 1924

Algemeen Handelsblad, 3 december 1924

Kunst en Amusement No. 52, 1920

Kunst en Amusement No. 42, 1922

Nieuw Weekblad voor de Cinematografie No. 7, 1922, p. 10

Nieuw Weekblad voor de Cinematografie No. 9, 1924

Nieuw Weekblad voor de Cinematografie No. 10, 1924

Nieuw Weekblad voor de Cinematografie No. 12, 1924

Nieuw Weekblad voor de Cinematografie No. 14, 1925

Nieuw Weekblad voor de Cinematografie No. 17, 1925

Nieuw Weekblad voor de Cinematografie Nr. 4, 1928

Catalogus van Filmwerken - H.A.P. & BenS Film Comp, (1923), p. 59

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