Op Hoop van Zegen (1918 film)

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Op hoop van zegen
Directed by Maurits Binger
Written byMaurits Binger
Herman Heijermans (play)
Produced byMaurits Binger
Release date
  • 21 October 1918 (1918-10-21)
Running time
60 minutes
CountryNetherlands
LanguageSilent

Op hoop van zegen (meaning Here's to Hoping or In the Hope of Blessing; also known as The Good Hope [1] ) is a 1918 Dutch silent drama film directed by Maurits Binger. [2]

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Starring Esther De Boer-van Rijk, the film was based on a notable social drama play of the same name by Herman Heijermans, [3] which was first published in 1900. It is about the effects of a scuttling of a ship for claiming its insurance money and the devastating effect this has on the small fishing village [4] and mother of two of the sailors.

Well-received, it had been cited as the best Dutch film up until that moment in time. [1]

Plot

The widow Kniertje sends her two remaining sons Geert and Barend to sea again. This is against her better judgment, as she lost her husband and two sons at the sea before. When the ship Hoop (Hope) sinks in a storm as part of an insurance scam and the men have not returned, Kniertje can only find comfort in Geert's friend Jo.

Cast

Reception

The role of Jo, played by Annie Bos, has been described as one of the best performances of the Dutch actress. [5] The film itself is said to have been considered the best Dutch film until then at the time. [1]

The film was remade in 1924, in a German co-production. [6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Muller, Sheila D. (2013-07-04). Dutch Art: An Encyclopedia. Routledge. ISBN   978-1-135-49574-9.
  2. ↑ Goble, Alan (2011-09-08). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN   978-3-11-095194-3.
  3. ↑ IRIS - Issues 21-22. 1996. p. 86.
  4. ↑ Laurence Senelick, ‎Sergei Ostrovsky (2014). The Soviet Theater: A Documentary History. Yale University Press. p. 79. ISBN   978-0-300-19476-0.
  5. ↑ Abel, Richard (2005). Encyclopedia of Early Cinema. Taylor & Francis. ISBN   978-0-415-23440-5.
  6. ↑ Sedgwick, John (2022). Towards a Comparative Economic History of Cinema, 1930–1970. Springer. p. 152. ISBN   978-3-031-05770-0.
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