In the period 1891-1927, Henriette Roland Holst goes through a dramatic development. As an aspiring poet from an affluent bourgeois milieu she throws herself, full with idealism and conviction, into the labour movement. Within the various socialistic parties however, a fierce battle on direction takes place, wherein Henriette has trouble finding her place. After returning disillusioned from a trip to the Soviet Union, she does not feel at home in any leftist party. Later she will recollect on this period in her biography "Het vuur brandde voort" (translation: "The fire rages on"). The film reconstructs this period with the use of old film material combined with texts by Henriette Roland Holst herself: fragments from letters, poems, speeches and books, sparingly supplemented with personal commentary by the filmmaker.
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Annette Apon Director
First release November 21, 2012 · Produced in Netherlands · Original title Droom en Daad
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SNG Film / Studio Nieuwe Gronden
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Netherlands
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Original title
Droom en Daad
Original language
Dutch
Spoken on screen
Dutch
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Netherlands · November 21, 2012
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