Willem van Oranje
Summary
Costume drama about the life of William of Orange.
The film is regarded as the first Dutch sound film. On January 4 1934, the first 'official' Dutch sound film premiered in the presence of Prince Hendrik and prime-minister Colijn. The film paid homage to William of Orange and was presented as a historic document on the history of the Netherlands, highlighting the importance of prince William's role during the Eighty Years war. His story is told in a series of short episodes, spanning his sudden rise to prince of Orange in 1844 to his murder by Balthasar Gerards in 1584.
Although the popular Jordaan musical De Jantjes had been finished slightly earlier, the title of 'first Duch sound film' went to the prestigious - and very expensive - Willem van Oranje. Director Jan Teunissen's feature debut is the only film that was ever shot in 'Philiwood' , as the Philips studios were known. The lead parts were played by famous theatre actors. The unemployed were given jobs as Spanish soldiers and anti-Spanish Dutch Geuzen (literally the Beggars, a name they proudly adopted as their own).
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Cast
Actor
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Countess Van Swartsenberg
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Announcer
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Cardinal Granvelle
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Juliana van Stolberg
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Margaretha van Parma
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Minerva
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Count of Hoorne
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Lumey
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Princesse
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Duck of Alva / Van Mierop
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Mayor of Leeuwarden
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Secretary of the Prince
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Julian de Romero, een Spaanse officier
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Willem van Oranje
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Van Hoogstraten
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Young prince William
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Bishop of Yperen / Koppelstock
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Philibert van Brussel / Treslong
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Brederode / Adolf van Nassau
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Horseman
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Count of Egmond
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King Hendrik II of Frankrijk / Horseman
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Herald
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Jasper / Horseman
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Louise de Coligny, wife of Prince William of Orange
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Lodewijk van Nassau
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Mayor Van de Werf of Leiden
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Karel de Vijfde/oude koopman
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Barleimont
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hageprediker
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Prince of Orange (as a youth) / Prince Maurits
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Judge
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Mayor of Den Briel
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Filips II
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François Guyon
Resources
K. Dittrich, Achter het doek: Duitse immigranten in de Nederlandse speelfilm in de jaren dertig, Houten (1987), p. 123
Centrale Commissie voor de Filmkeuring (Nationaal Archief; A4146)