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
