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Onschuldig veroordeeld
Lucien, an inn-keeper and owner of a country house, lives alone with his foster-daughter Anna. She is secretly married to Lucien's nephew and heir, Armand, a worthless young man, but a violin virtuoso. When Armand comes home unexpectedly, Lucien...
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Nul uur Nul
Just before midnight at a small station on the edge of a big city, a man awaits the arrival of a train. On the board announcing the time of the next departure he reads: 0 Hour 0. An AKO news-boy who has fallen asleep there shortly before, dreams...
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Onder spiritistischen dwang
Chris Larcher sets up as veterinary surgeon in the little Devonshire village of Wichley, where the last of the squires is Andrew Grain. Pess, the local doctor, who dabbles in spiritualism, professes to receive a message from a spirit whom he...
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De ontsnapping van Hugo de Groot uit het slot Loevenstein
In 1619, the celebrated Dutch diplomat Hugo de Groot suffers disgrace and is condemned to prison for life. His escape is effected through the devotion of his wife, Maria van Reigersbergen. She brings him a vast number of books in a huge box. On...
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De opschepper
Henk is keeping company with Marie, but because his results at school are bad he has to neglect her for a time. Ben sees his chance and starts bragging to Marie about his achievements on the cricket field, his claims greatly impressing Marie....
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Een partij schaak
The film dispensed entirely with inter-titles and was described as a "mime drama".
While playing a game of chess with a young friend of the family, the husband falls asleep. The young man takes advantage of the situation to make a...
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Tusschen Liefde en Plicht
Marguerite and Lolotte, accompanied by two apaches, visit a cabaret, where Lolotte performs the apache dance with Marguerite's lover. Marguerite, her rival, is arrested and sent to prison. She attempts to escape but is seen by a sentry. She...
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De verwisseling onder het bed
The mistake in question is one of identity: is the man who is found under the bed the daughter's admirer or is he a burglar? Father disapproves of the young man who loves his daughter and he sends the girl off to a boarding-school. Mother has not...
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De vereeniging tot veredeling van het vreemdelingenverkeer
This was apparently a semi-documentary made to promote tourism in Holland, shot partly in Amsterdam and other attractive places in the Netherlands.
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De verlatene pleegt verraad
During the occupation of the Netherlands by the Spaniards in the sixteenth century, a poor young woman, Kaatje Spaander, who has been turned out of her house by the foreign soldiers, appeals to her neighbours, Piet Schoonejans and his wife, to...