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In 1888 Amsterdam, a stubborn violin maker and his pharmacist cousin face hardship and tragedy as they oppose the powerful businessmen who plan to force him from his house and erect a luxurious new hotel in its place.

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Cast

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Vedder
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Anijs
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Martha
Zeb Troostwijk ...
Klein Pet
Juda Goslinga ...
Bennemin
Elisabeth Hesemans ...
Mother Bennemin
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Johanna Bennemin
Sander van Amsterdam ...
Lubber
Houk van Warmerdam ...
Sieger
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Ebert
Leon Voorberg ...
Henkenhaf
John Leddy ...
Mr. Carstens
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Theo
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Schuurman
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Hanne Arendzen ...
Receptioniste Henkenhaf
Walter Bart ...
Alexander 'Al' Vedder
Ronald de Bruin ...
Maître hotel Victoria
Anne May De Lijser ...
Vrouw in trein
Herman Egberts ...
Perronchef
Hubert Fermin ...
Burgemeester Hoogeveen, Mr. Pottinga
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NY Immigration Officer
Kirsten Mulder ...
Verpleegster
Lykele Muus ...
Halink
Martijn Nieuwerf ...
Burgemeester A'dam, Mr. van Tienhoven
Wouter Peek ...
Extra
Vilma Szécsi ...
Mw. Karstens
Menno Van Beekum ...
notaris Biederlack
Ids van der Krieke ...
Postbode
René van Zinnicq Bergman ...
Dr. Amshoff
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Gentleman (uncredited)

Directed by

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Joram Lürsen

Written by

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Frank Ketelaar ... (screenplay)
 
Thomas Rosenboom ... (novel)

Produced by

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József Berger ... co-producer
Judith Csernai ... co-producer
Joost de Wolf ... co-producer
Hans Everaert ... co-producer
Arnold Heslenfeld ... producer
Dirk Impens ... co-producer
Laurette Schillings ... producer
Judit Schmidt ... line producer
Han van der Werff ... line producer
Frans van Gestel ... producer
Zsofia Varszegi ... associate producer

Music by

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Merlijn Snitker

Cinematography by

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Mark van Aller

Editing by

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Peter Alderliesten

Editorial Department

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Pauline Arkesteijn ... intern editor
Miga Bär ... digital intermediate producer: Filmmore
Maarten Heijblok ... conform editor
Niels Koopman ... assistant editor
Björn Mentink ... first assistant editor
Neeltje van der Heijden ... digital intermediate producer: filmmore
Bart Verraest ... colorist

Casting By

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Shanti Besseling
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Zsolt Csutak

Production Design by

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Hubert Pouille

Art Direction by

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Zsuzsanna Borvendég
Leo Zandvliet

Set Decoration by

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Gábor Nagy

Costume Design by

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Linda Bogers

Makeup Department

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Csillag Adrienne ... assistant makeup artist
Márta Antal ... makeup artist (as Márti Antal) / makeup artist
Ildikó Aradi ... hair dresser
Okal Barbara ... assistant makeup artist
Magdolna Czégér ... hair dresser
Péter Gyöngyösi ... key hair stylist: extras
Mariël Hoevenaars ... makeup and hair designer / makeup artist
László Horváth ... hair dresser
Gabriella Lõrincz ... hair dresser (as Lörincz Gabriella)
Ildikó Makk ... hair dresser
Gabriella Németh ... hair dresser
Erzsébet Rácz ... hair dresser
Mónika Tóth ... hair dresser
Hennesien van Walderveen ... makeup artist
Julia Vitray ... hair dresser

Production Management

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Ed Keij ... production manager
Judy Maat ... post-production supervisor
Linda Mester ... production manager
Eszter Óvári ... unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Machteld Feltmann ... assistant director
Árpád Görögh ... third assistant director: Amsterdam
Misi Moso ... second unit assistant director
Beáta Neszmélyi ... second assistant director (as Bea Neszmélyi)
Zsófia Szilágyi ... second unit assistant director
Tamás Vass ... first assistant director
Attila Veres ... third assistant director

Art Department

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Adrienn Baranyai ... set decorator assistant
Ottó Begidsán ... construction manager
Caroline Buquoy ... decorator
Judit Csák ... assistant art director
Bálint Diószegi ... set decorator assistant
Bálint Diószegi ... stand by props
Erdei Dániel ... assistant set decorator / buyer (as Erdélyi Dániel)
Zeve János ... prop runner
Julianna Kasza ... graphic artist
Gábor Keszei ... stand-by construction
Jaroslaw Kozak ... standby construction
Albert Kuipers ... carpenter
Valesca Meist ... set dresser
Barbara Mertens ... draft person
Albert Pataki ... stand-by construction
Kovács Péter ... construction manager
Joscha van Deijk ... storyboard artist
Beáta Vavrinecz ... draft person

Sound Department

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Kees de Groot ... sound
Tom de Groot ... utility sound technician
Patrick Ghislain ... foley mixer
Alek Goosse ... re-recording mixer
Jérémy Hassid ... recorder
Vincent Maloumian ... foley artist
Robin Overeem ... a.d.r recordist
Herman Pieëte ... re-recording mixer / sound designer / supervising sound editor
Luuk Poels ... adr editor / dialogue editor / foley editor
Mereijn van der Heijden ... audio description supervisor

Special Effects by

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Barna Balázs ... special effects technician
Béla Buzgó ... pyrotechnician
Gergely Csóri ... special effects technician
György Farkas ... special effects technician (as Farkas György)
Roland Goddijn ... special effects senior technician: regen
Ferenc Gombás ... snow effects technician
Attila Góczán ... pyrotechnician
Béres István ... special effects technician
Zoltán Kocsándi ... special effects technician (as Kocsandi Zoltán)
Gyula Krasnyánszky ... pyrotechnic effects supervisor
Attila Sarkadi ... pyrotechnician
Robert Seepers ... special effects senior technician: regen
Zsolt Szabo ... pyrotechnician
Péter Szilágyi ... special effects supervisor
Ferenc Török ... snow effects technician
Attila Varsányi ... pyrotechnician
Attila Vásári ... snow effects technician

Visual Effects by

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Zoltán Benyó ... visual effects
Luc Boesten ... visual effects artist
Gyula Boros ... matte painter: Digital Apes Ltd.
Mária Czeglédi ... digital compositor: Digital Apes Ltd.
Csaba Elteto ... lighting td: Digital Apes Ltd.
Reischig Ferenc ... systems administrator: Digital Apes Ltd.
Tamás Fiedler ... matchmove artist: Digital Apes
Zoltán Fiedler ... 3d artist: Digital Apes Ltd.
Roby Illés ... digital compositor: Digital Apes Ltd.
Krizsán József ... systems administrator: Digital Apes Ltd.
Orsolya Kasza ... digital compositor: Digital Apes Ltd.
Dennis Kleyn ... visual effects supervisor
Violette Kleyn ... inhouse visual effects producer
Alex Kocsis ... 3d artist: Digital Apes Ltd.
Lajos Kondor ... flame artist: Digital Apes Ltd.
Gabriella Korán ... digital compositor: Digital Apes Ltd.
Dénes Molnár ... digital compositor: Digital Apes ltd.
Tamás Papp ... systems administrator: Digital Apes Ltd.
Daniel Pereira ... visual effects artist
Balázs Petheo ... matte painter: Digital Apes Ltd.
Ágoston Princz ... lead technical director: Digital Apes Ltd. (as Princz Agoston)
Marlon Regien ... visual effects artist
Norberto Ritter ... digital matte painter
Jasper Scheepbouwer ... lead compositor
Pepijn Schroeijers ... lead compositor
Zoltán Szarvasi ... visual effects
Zoltán Szegedi ... digital lead compositor: Digital Apes Ltd.
Balázs Sántha ... digital compositor: Digital Apes Ltd.
Frank Taris ... visual effects artist
János Tujner ... model and texture artist: Digital Apes Ltd.
Csaba Tóth ... on-set visual effects supervisor
Frank van der Peet ... compositor / visual effects artist
Eline van Haastrecht ... production support: visual effects
Albert van Vuure ... visual effects supervisor
Ruben Vroman ... visual effects artist
Péter Závorszky ... visual effects production manager

Stunts

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Zoltán Gulyás Kiss ... stunt coordinator: HU

Camera and Electrical Department

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Attila Bakos ... electrician
Gyula Balogh ... electrician
László Balázs ... crane grip (as Balázs László)
Attila Berta ... best boy
Django de Groot ... first assistant camera: "a" camera / focus puller
Szekrény Dániel ... electrician
Rudger Faber ... best boy electric
Tamás Fodor ... electrician
Tibor Gazdig Jr. ... grip
István Gyura ... key grip
Ambrus Hernádi ... second assistant camera
Janneke Hogenboom ... gaffer
Tamás Hámori ... steadicam
Gábor Inczédy ... crane grip
András Kasza ... b cam focus puller
Tibor Kecskeméti ... crane grip
László Kelemen ... electrician
András Khin ... camera operator: "b" camera
Zoltán Kocsis ... electrician
Imre Korcz ... electrician
Árpád Lõrik ... electrician
Boris Martin ... electrician (as Zsolt Ficsor)
Balázs Mihálka ... second assistant camera: "b" camera (as Mihálka Balázs)
István Mohácsi ... grip
Zsolt Mérhay ... focus puller: "b" camera
Tibor Novák ... electrician
Iván Nyitrai ... gaffer
Ákos Orosz ... head technician
Milán Oszkocsil ... second assistant camera: "b" camera
József Tibor Pap ... crane grip (as József Papp) / electrician (as József Papp)
Nikolaos Papanikolaou ... remote head operator
Péter Pozsonyi ... best boy grip
Balázs Péter ... vtr operator (as Péter Balázs)
Bobori Richárd ... electrician
Pehavetz Róbert ... electrician
Bálint Szirmai ... electrician (as Szirmai Bálint)
Álmos Szirti ... electrician
Krisztián Szászi ... best boy (as Szászi Krisztián)
Viktor Székely ... data handler
Zsolt Tolnai ... electrician
András Táborosi ... video assist operator
Mark van Aller ... steadicam operator
Niels van der Kraan ... additional assistant camera
Frank Van Hekken ... gaffer
Balga Zoltán ... electrician
István Ösz ... electrician

Casting Department

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Borsoviczky Gabriella ... casting coordinator
Dömötör Gábor ... extras casting
Guszter Mónika ... extras casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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László Bencze ... dresser
Ibolya Bárdosi ... wardrobe assistant
Andrea Bényi ... dresser
Zsolt Bényi ... dresser
László Donkó ... dresser
Garay Fruzsina ... dresser
Luca Gömöri ... dresser
Brigitta Heiszig ... dresser
Kata Horvath ... principal dresser
Júlia Kiss ... dresser
Nikolett Koziorowski ... dresser (as Koziorowski Nikolett)
Bredács Milán ... dresser
Puchelle Niko ... dresser
Judit Puchelle ... dresser (as Puchelle Judit)
Kemenesi Tünde ... wardrobe supervisor
Maxa van Panhuis ... set costumer
Krisztina Weizer ... dresser
Rita Zsilvölgyi ... principal dresser

Location Management

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Györi Antal ... location security
Huffnágel Attila ... location security
Kurucz Attila ... location security
Gergö Bakos ... location manager
Thijs Bolle ... location manager: Holland
Pócsik Bálint ... location security
Kónya Csaba ... location security
Szabó Csaba ... location security
Lakatos Ferenc ... location security
Sárosi Ferenc ... location security
Dragan Grgic ... assistant location manager
Dániel Gudmon ... assistant location manager (as Gudmon Dániel)
Szabó Imre ... location security
Farkas István ... location security
Tibor Juhász ... location security
Békési József ... location security
Béla Kóráng ... location security
Siska László ... location security
Szatmári László ... location security
Sándor Machil ... location security (as Machil Sándor)
Lajos Mag ... location security
Mate Victor ... location scout
Juhász Zoltán ... location security
Szentirmai Zoltán ... location security

Music Department

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Rutger Arents ... scoring assistant
Thomas Berger ... piano
Sian Bolland ... production manager
Johannes Brahms ... composer additional music
Otto Derolez ... concertmaster
Carla Deveux ... orchestra contractor: Brussels Philharmonic
Habiba Doorenbos ... harp
Tobias Hess ... scoring protools engineer
Janine Jansen ... violin solo
Ro Krass ... violin
Joost Kroon ... drums
Patrick Lemmens ... score engineer & mixer
Brussels Philharmonic ... orchestra
Benjamin Reichert ... scoring assistant
Yves Segers ... conductor
Mark van den Oever ... music publishing manager

Transportation Department

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István Faragó ... driver
József Gál ... driver (as Gál József)
Mihály Gáspár ... transportation coordinator
Fehér József ... driver
Gergely Kereskai ... transportation coordinator (as Kereskai Gergö)
Tóth László Jr. ... carriage driver
Tóth László ... carriage driver
János Spák ... driver
István Sándor ... driver
Zsolt Várhelyi ... driver
Pethö Zsolt ... driver

Additional Crew

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Taracközi Andrea ... nurse
Fencsik Attila ... nurse
Németh Attila ... unit
Szücs Attila ... health and safety
Borsányi Balazs ... travel agent
Helene Balthazar ... production secretary
Bea Batisz ... assistant production coordinator
Judit Bánházi ... set production assistant
László Czár ... craft
Zsolt Dobozy ... production assistant
Krisztina Endrényi ... legal advisor
Govorkovics Erika ... nurse
Tóth Ferenc ... set production assistant
Dede Gabriella ... assistant travel agent
Vértes Gábor ... crowd marshall
Várkonyi Gáspár ... assistant accountant
Tünde Görög ... nurse
Árpád Görögh ... assistant director
Csaba Hegyi ... unit
Krisztina Hegyi ... medical coordinator
Béla Imre ... nurse
Györfy Imre ... unit
Detfalvi István ... nurse
Géza Kis ... crowd marshall
Róbert Kiss ... unit (as Kiss Róbert)
Frank Klein ... budget controller
Csilla Koráng ... head of security
Erik Kozár ... unit (as Kozár Erik)
Rita Kristóf ... kitchen staff
Freslik Krisztina ... nurse
Laszlo Krisztina ... production secretary
Ócsai Krisztián ... health and safety
Zoltán Kulcsár ... unit production coordinator
Zsolt Kunert ... catering manager
Beitiol Lilla ... kitchen staff
Gvinter Lujza ... craft
Réka Michnai ... unit
Nyiri Misi ... fireman
Péter Mondok ... set production assistant
Gosztonyi Mátyás ... kitchen staff
Éva Ott ... nurse
János Papp ... health and safety advisor
Andrea Pete ... unit (as Pete Andrea)
Dóra Rapi ... production coordinator (as Dora Rapi)
Judit Szalontai ... nurse
Nagy Szilágyi Szilárd ... caterer
László Tas ... nurse (as Tas László)
Cathrien Tromp ... legal counsel
Pollák Viktor ... crowd marshall
Andras Viz ... it manager / production assistant
Nagy Walter ... student producer
Tamás Wisiger ... stage manager (as Wisinger Tamás)
Gábor Xantus ... medical supervisor
Kovács Zoltán ... nurse
Német Zsolt ... nurse
Lipták Zsóka ... accountant
Stechné Molnár Ágnes ... nurse

Thanks

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Rolf Koot ... thanks

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

1888: a luthier, Vedder (Gijs Scholten van Aschat), 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 (Jacob Derwig), 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 (Rifka Lodeizen), 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. Written by Topkapi Films

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Also Known As
  • A Noble Intention (World-wide, English title)
  • A Noble Intention (Canada, English title)
  • Public Works (World-wide, English title)
  • Une noble intention (France)
  • In guter Absicht (Germany)
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Runtime
  • 115 min
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Budget EUR5,900,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend Netherlands EUR156,430, 13 Dec 2015

Did You Know?

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Trivia The houses which the real hotel was built around in Amsterdam featured in the story really exist and can be seen on the Prins Hendrikkade. See more »
Goofs The colonists sailed in 1889 and arrived in New York a few months later. The statue of liberty is under construction while it was officially opened in 1886. See more »
Soundtracks Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77 See more »

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