Forty Years TrailerWilliam of Orange Trailer
Cornelis Dirk van der Lugt Melsert (1882 - 1969) was a Dutch stage actor, director and critic, who appeared on screen twice. Both of these films, Willem van Oranje (1934) and Veertig Jaren (1938), were government commissioned films celebrating the Dutch House of Orange-Nassau.
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10 January 1938
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.
04 January 1934
The first 'official' Dutch sound film was presented as a historic document on the history of the Netherlands, highlighting the importance of prince William of Orange's role during the Eighty Years war.
