
1888: a luthier, Vedder, has to step aside when his home, opposite the recently completed Central Station in Amsterdam, must yield for the planned Victoria Hotel. His cousin Anijs, pharmacist in the Northern provinces of the Netherlands, has gotten into a fix after illegal medical practices, and is looking for a way out. For himself and his wife Martha, but also for a colony of poor peat cutters whom he promises a future in the United States. Committed - or is it pride? - the two of them think up a scheme from which they all will fully benefit. With tragic consequences.

as Vedder

as Anijs

as Martha

as Klein Pet

as Bennemin

as Mother Bennemin

as Johanna Bennemin

as Lubber

as Sieger

as Ebert

as Henkenhaf

as Mr. Carstens

as Theo Vedder

as J.A. Schuurman

as Mrs. Carstens

as Doctor Amshoff

as woman in train

as platform manager

as Mayor Mr. Pottinga

as midwife

as notary Biederlack

as postman

as Mayor Mr. van Tienhoven

as receptionist office Henkenhaf

as maitre victoria hotel

as nurse

as pharmaceut Halink

as Heer van stand