A Noble Intention
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1888: a luthier, Vedder, 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, 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, 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.
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Cast
28 people
Gijs Scholten van Aschat
Vedder
Known for
Kill Switch
The Conductor
Jacob Derwig
Anijs
Known for
The Resistance Banker
Family Way
Rifka Lodeizen
Martha
Known for
Ares
Boys
Zeb Troostwijk
Klein Pet
No other roles listed
Juda Goslinga
Bennemin
Known for
Undercover
Quo Vadis, Aida?
Elisabeth Hesemans
Mother Bennemin
Also in
Joy
Hidden in the Spotlight
Joosje Duk
Johanna Bennemin
Also in
Snuf de Hond en het Spookslot
F Is for Friendship
Sander van Amsterdam
Lubber
Also in
Blood Brothers
Het Huis Anubis: The Revenge Of Arghus
Houk van Warmerdam
Sieger
Also in
Overmorgen
Little Tony
Thomas Cammaert
Ebert
Known for
Van der Valk
Sonny Boy
Leon Voorberg
Henkenhaf
Also in
Sword of D'Artagnan
Win/Win
John Leddy
Mr. Carstens
Known for
Nosferatu the Vampyre
Joram Lürsen Director · Frank Ketelaar Writer Thomas Rosenboom Author
First release December 10, 2015 · Produced in Belgium, Netherlands · Production Mythberg Films, Menuet
Production
Topkapi Films
Production
Mythberg Films
Production
Menuet
Production
VPRO
Production
Vrijzinnig Protestantse Radio Omroep (VPRO)
Production
Belgium · Netherlands
Produced in
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Original title
Publieke Werken
Original language
Dutch
Spoken on screen
Dutch
Release dates
Netherlands · December 10, 2015
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Brazil
September 1, 2016 · Digital
France
August 31, 2016 · Digital · Netflix
Netherlands
March 24, 2016 · Physical · DVD, Blu ray
September 9, 2017 · TV · NPO 2
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