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Nederland en Oranje is a 1913
Dutch
silent
historical drama film
directed by Louis H. Chrispijn. The film features nineteen short pieces with themes from Dutch national history and was made to celebrate the Dutch Kingdom.
According to Ruud Bishoff's Hollywood in Holland, much of the segments are tableau vivant
s, with much eye for accuracy when it comes to appearance.
) and the Van Brederode
are demanding freedom of religion for the repressed Dutch citizens with governor Margaret of Parma
(Christine van Meeteren
). Charles de Berlaymont
, sharing the opinion with Willem the Silent, opposes the Spanish dictation and introduces the 'honorary title' Geuzen
. Together with his men, he swears 'Death or Freedom'. Meanwhile, Balthasar Gérard
(Theo Frenkel
), an admirer of Willem the Silent's enemy Philip II of Spain
, unexpectedly assassins Willem the Silent.
The second segment features Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft
, as he performs at his Muiderslot
. In the following, Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange
(Charles Gilhuys) battles for the Netherlands' independence. The fourth segment includes Kenau Simonsdochter Hasselaer
during the Siege of Haarlem
. Next is the Siege of Breda
, where one of the soldiers gets heavily ill, while a battle with the Spanish is near. The continuing is a description of the siege, ending with the capture of Breda.
The following segment involves the escape of Hugo Grotius
from Loevestein
via a casket, organized by his wife (Mientje Kling) and a maid. Then comes the Siege of 's-Hertogenbosch
by Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange
(Willem Roemer). In an interlude, Rembrandt, Frans Hals
and Jan Steen
are seen in different scenes creating a painting. What comes after is a wedding taking place between Kloris and Roosje.
In a bigger story, John William Friso, Prince of Orange (Marcel Mijin) is in Taisnières-sur-Hon
to fight the Battle of Malplaquet
. Subsequently, Michiel de Ruyer (Jan Buderman) and Maarten Tromp
(Jan Holtrop) end their struggle after a long fight through help from William III of England
(Louis van Dommelen). Attention then shifts to stadthouder William IV, Prince of Orange
, followed by William V, Prince of Orange
. Their crown was taken over by Louis Bonaparte
. The film ends with William I of the Netherlands
' (Jan van Dommelen) arrival in Scheveningen and his oath to the constitution.
1913 in film
The year 1913 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* The Squaw Man, the first Hollywood feature film, is made.* December 29, Charlie Chaplin signs a contract with Mack Sennett to begin making films at Keystone Studios.* D. W...
Dutch
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
silent
Silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...
historical drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Louis H. Chrispijn. The film features nineteen short pieces with themes from Dutch national history and was made to celebrate the Dutch Kingdom.
According to Ruud Bishoff's Hollywood in Holland, much of the segments are tableau vivant
Tableau vivant
Tableau vivant is French for "living picture." The term describes a striking group of suitably costumed actors or artist's models, carefully posed and often theatrically lit. Throughout the duration of the display, the people shown do not speak or move...
s, with much eye for accuracy when it comes to appearance.
Plot
In the first segment, Willem the Silent (Jan van DommelenJan van Dommelen
Jan van Dommelen was a Dutch film actor of the silent era. He appeared in 44 films between 1911 and 1939.-Filmography:* Boefje * De Big van het regiment * De Familie van mijn Vrouw...
) and the Van Brederode
Van Brederode
The lords of van Brederode were a noble family from Holland that played an important role during the Middle Ages. The earliest documented members appear in the 13th century in the region of Santpoort, at Castle Brederode.-History:...
are demanding freedom of religion for the repressed Dutch citizens with governor Margaret of Parma
Margaret of Parma
Margaret, Duchess of Parma , Governor of the Netherlands from 1559 to 1567 and from 1578 to 1582, was the illegitimate daughter of Charles V and Johanna Maria van der Gheynst...
(Christine van Meeteren
Christine van Meeteren
Christine van Meeteren was a Dutch film actress of the silent era. She appeared in 17 films between 1913 and 1936.-Filmography:* Komedie om geld * Majoor Frans...
). Charles de Berlaymont
Charles de Berlaymont
Charles de Berlaymont was a noble who sided with the Spanish during the Eighty years war, and was a member of the Council of Troubles. He was the son of Michiel de Berlaymont and Maria de Berault. He was lord of Floyon and Haultpenne, and baron of Hierges...
, sharing the opinion with Willem the Silent, opposes the Spanish dictation and introduces the 'honorary title' Geuzen
Geuzen
Geuzen was a name assumed by the confederacy of Calvinist Dutch nobles and other malcontents, who from 1566 opposed Spanish rule in the Netherlands. The most successful group of them operated at sea, and so were called Watergeuzen...
. Together with his men, he swears 'Death or Freedom'. Meanwhile, Balthasar Gérard
Balthasar Gérard
Balthasar Gérard was the assassin of the Dutch independence leader, William I of Orange...
(Theo Frenkel
Theo Frenkel
Theo Frenkel was a Dutch film director, actor and screenwriter of the silent era. He directed 214 films between 1908 and 1928. He also appeared in 21 films between 1911 and 1948. His son Theo Frenkel Jr...
), an admirer of Willem the Silent's enemy Philip II of Spain
Philip II of Spain
Philip II was King of Spain, Portugal, Naples, Sicily, and, while married to Mary I, King of England and Ireland. He was lord of the Seventeen Provinces from 1556 until 1581, holding various titles for the individual territories such as duke or count....
, unexpectedly assassins Willem the Silent.
The second segment features Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft
Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft
Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft - Knight in the Order of Saint Michael - was a Dutch historian, poet and playwright from the period known as the Dutch Golden Age.-Life:...
, as he performs at his Muiderslot
Muiderslot
The Muiderslot is a castle in the Netherlands, located at the mouth of the river Vecht, some 15 kilometers southeast of Amsterdam, in Muiden, where it flows into what used to be the Zuiderzee...
. In the following, Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange
Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange
Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange was sovereign Prince of Orange from 1618, on the death of his eldest half brother, Philip William, Prince of Orange,...
(Charles Gilhuys) battles for the Netherlands' independence. The fourth segment includes Kenau Simonsdochter Hasselaer
Kenau Simonsdochter Hasselaer
Kenau Simonsdochter Hasselaer was a wood merchant of Haarlem, Netherlands She was the daughter of Simon Hasselaer and Grietje Koen. When the city was besieged by the Spanish, she led a company of women in defence of the city, becoming famous for bravery...
during the Siege of Haarlem
Siege of Haarlem
The siege of Haarlem was an episode of the Eighty Years' War. From December 11, 1572 to July 13, 1573 an army of Philip II of Spain laid bloody siege to the city of Haarlem in the Netherlands, whose loyalties had begun wavering during the previous summer...
. Next is the Siege of Breda
Siege of Breda (1590)
The Siege of Breda was an extremely short battle of the Eighty Years' War during which a Dutch army led by Maurice of Nassau captured the heavily protected city of Breda by a clever tactic reminiscent of the Trojan horse. The Dutch commander was informed that a ship carrying peat to the city was...
, where one of the soldiers gets heavily ill, while a battle with the Spanish is near. The continuing is a description of the siege, ending with the capture of Breda.
The following segment involves the escape of Hugo Grotius
Hugo Grotius
Hugo Grotius , also known as Huig de Groot, Hugo Grocio or Hugo de Groot, was a jurist in the Dutch Republic. With Francisco de Vitoria and Alberico Gentili he laid the foundations for international law, based on natural law...
from Loevestein
Loevestein
Castle Loevestein is a medieval castle built by the knight Dirc Loef van Horne between 1357 and 1397....
via a casket, organized by his wife (Mientje Kling) and a maid. Then comes the Siege of 's-Hertogenbosch
Siege of 's-Hertogenbosch
The Siege of 's-Hertogenbosch was in 1629 an action of the Eighty Years' War in which a Dutch Republican army captured the city of 's-Hertogenbosch which had been loyal to the King of Spain since 1579 and thus part of the Spanish Netherlands.-Background:...
by Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange
Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange
Frederick Henry, or Frederik Hendrik in Dutch , was the sovereign Prince of Orange and stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders, and Overijssel from 1625 to 1647.-Early life:...
(Willem Roemer). In an interlude, Rembrandt, Frans Hals
Frans Hals
Frans Hals was a Dutch Golden Age painter. He is notable for his loose painterly brushwork, and helped introduce this lively style of painting into Dutch art. Hals was also instrumental in the evolution of 17th century group portraiture.-Biography:Hals was born in 1580 or 1581, in Antwerp...
and Jan Steen
Jan Steen
Jan Havickszoon Steen was a Dutch genre painter of the 17th century . Psychological insight, sense of humour and abundance of colour are marks of his trade.-Life:...
are seen in different scenes creating a painting. What comes after is a wedding taking place between Kloris and Roosje.
In a bigger story, John William Friso, Prince of Orange (Marcel Mijin) is in Taisnières-sur-Hon
Taisnières-sur-Hon
-See also:* Battle of Malplaquet, which took place near the hamlet of Malplaquet, on the territory of the commune, in 1709* Communes of the Nord department-References:*...
to fight the Battle of Malplaquet
Battle of Malplaquet
The Battle of Malplaquet, fought on 11 September 1709, was one of the main battles of the War of the Spanish Succession, which opposed the Bourbons of France and Spain against an alliance whose major members were the Habsburg Monarchy, Great Britain, the United Provinces and the Kingdom of...
. Subsequently, Michiel de Ruyer (Jan Buderman) and Maarten Tromp
Maarten Tromp
Maarten Harpertszoon Tromp was an officer and later admiral in the Dutch navy. His first name is also spelled as Maerten.-Early life:...
(Jan Holtrop) end their struggle after a long fight through help from William III of England
William III of England
William III & II was a sovereign Prince of Orange of the House of Orange-Nassau by birth. From 1672 he governed as Stadtholder William III of Orange over Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders, and Overijssel of the Dutch Republic. From 1689 he reigned as William III over England and Ireland...
(Louis van Dommelen). Attention then shifts to stadthouder William IV, Prince of Orange
William IV, Prince of Orange
William IV, Prince of Orange-Nassau , born Willem Karel Hendrik Friso, was the first hereditary stadtholder of the Netherlands.-Early life:...
, followed by William V, Prince of Orange
William V, Prince of Orange
William V , Prince of Orange-Nassau was the last Stadtholder of the Dutch Republic, and between 1795 and 1806 he led the Government of the Dutch Republic in Exile in London. He was succeeded by his son William I...
. Their crown was taken over by Louis Bonaparte
Louis Bonaparte
Louis Napoléon Bonaparte, Prince Français, Comte de Saint-Leu , King of Holland , was the fifth surviving child and the fourth surviving son of Carlo Buonaparte and Letizia Ramolino...
. The film ends with William I of the Netherlands
William I of the Netherlands
William I Frederick, born Willem Frederik Prins van Oranje-Nassau , was a Prince of Orange and the first King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg....
' (Jan van Dommelen) arrival in Scheveningen and his oath to the constitution.
Cast
- Jan van DommelenJan van DommelenJan van Dommelen was a Dutch film actor of the silent era. He appeared in 44 films between 1911 and 1939.-Filmography:* Boefje * De Big van het regiment * De Familie van mijn Vrouw...
as Willem the Silent/William I of the NetherlandsWilliam I of the NetherlandsWilliam I Frederick, born Willem Frederik Prins van Oranje-Nassau , was a Prince of Orange and the first King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg.... - Eugenie Krix as Louise de ColignyLouise de ColignyLouise de Coligny was the daughter of Gaspard de Coligny and Charlotte de Laval and the fourth and last spouse of William the Silent.-Biography:...
- Christine van MeeterenChristine van MeeterenChristine van Meeteren was a Dutch film actress of the silent era. She appeared in 17 films between 1913 and 1936.-Filmography:* Komedie om geld * Majoor Frans...
as Margaret of ParmaMargaret of ParmaMargaret, Duchess of Parma , Governor of the Netherlands from 1559 to 1567 and from 1578 to 1582, was the illegitimate daughter of Charles V and Johanna Maria van der Gheynst... - Theo FrenkelTheo FrenkelTheo Frenkel was a Dutch film director, actor and screenwriter of the silent era. He directed 214 films between 1908 and 1928. He also appeared in 21 films between 1911 and 1948. His son Theo Frenkel Jr...
as Balthasar GérardBalthasar GérardBalthasar Gérard was the assassin of the Dutch independence leader, William I of Orange... - Charles Gilhuys as Maurice of Nassau, Prince of OrangeMaurice of Nassau, Prince of OrangeMaurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange was sovereign Prince of Orange from 1618, on the death of his eldest half brother, Philip William, Prince of Orange,...
- Willem Roemer as Frederick Henry, Prince of OrangeFrederick Henry, Prince of OrangeFrederick Henry, or Frederik Hendrik in Dutch , was the sovereign Prince of Orange and stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders, and Overijssel from 1625 to 1647.-Early life:...
- Louis van Dommelen as William III of EnglandWilliam III of EnglandWilliam III & II was a sovereign Prince of Orange of the House of Orange-Nassau by birth. From 1672 he governed as Stadtholder William III of Orange over Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders, and Overijssel of the Dutch Republic. From 1689 he reigned as William III over England and Ireland...
- Marcel Mijin as John William Friso, Prince of Orange
- Jan Buderman as Michiel de RuyterMichiel de RuyterMichiel Adriaenszoon de Ruyter is the most famous and one of the most skilled admirals in Dutch history. De Ruyter is most famous for his role in the Anglo-Dutch Wars of the 17th century. He fought the English and French and scored several major victories against them, the best known probably...
- Jan Holtrop as Maarten TrompMaarten TrompMaarten Harpertszoon Tromp was an officer and later admiral in the Dutch navy. His first name is also spelled as Maerten.-Early life:...
- Mientje Kling as Maria van Reigersbergen, wife of Hugo Grotius
- Annie BosAnnie BosJohanna "Annie" Bos was a Dutch theater and silent film actress, known as Holland's first movie star and diva....
as Maria Tesselschade - Louis H. Chrispijn
- Lau Ezerman
- Koba Kinsbergen