This government commissioned film -- made on the occasion of the forty year anniversary of queen Wilhelmina's reign -- chronicles the lives of two Dutch families from 1898 to 1938 against the backdrop of the social and political events of the times. It shows the emergence of trade unions, the troubled years of the First World War, the development of aviation and Schiphol airport, the Dutch East Indies and the lives of the Dutch royal family.
as Rolf van Meerle
as Annetje Maasdonk
as Frans Maasdonk
as Eline Verhulst
as Zijne Excellentie van Meerle
as Jan de Oude
as Wim Maasdonk
as Dick Maasdonk
as Lottie van Meerle
as Lily Burger
as Juffrouw
