Hollands Hollywood - Dutch sound film of the 1930s

The story of William of Orange is told in a series of short episodes, spanning his sudden rise to prince of Orange in 1544, his role during the Eighty Years War to his murder by Balthasar Gerards in 1584.

Dries, Manus and Ton are returning from conscription service. 'Aunt' Piet tries to break Dries' relationship with Greet, so her son Leendert can take her.

A greengrocer's shady dealings with a well-to-do margarine smuggler require that she interferes with her daughter's romance with a sailor.

Three students are each courting a young woman. They decide to share a flat above the nosy (and noise resisting) Mr. Smallebroek, and have great fun teasing their rival for the girls affection, Piet Janssen.

After building a dam, closing off the Zuiderzee from the sea, it effectively turns the former sea into a lake and the fishermen call it "dead water". They desperately attack the dam with spades and even explosives, culminating in tragedy.

A dancer is shot dead on stage. The inspector tries to unravel the mystery by interrogating several suspects.

Driven by poverty and honor fisherwoman Kniertje sends the last of her kin to sea. Her two sons will work on the Op hoop van zegen, of which some people in town doubt it is seaworthy.

Janus Fortuin is a goodhearted piano tuner who has accepted that he will never amount to anything more. But he still hopes his daughters fiancé George will be more successful as a songwriter. When rich uncle Barend from Batavia makes a surprise visit, he immediately realizes that Janus' wife is a greedy landlady and pretends to be a lodger called 'Van Santen'.

A woman follows her husband to Indonesia because he'll be away for 5 years. She is surprised to find he has a grown up daughter from an earlier marriage there.

Willy, the son of baron Van Hergershuizen, finds himself disinherited after he marries an untitled girl. When his father sabotages Willy's job applications, his wife decides to apply for the job of the baron's housekeeper.

Set in a Sumatran plantation, the film focuses on a Dutch newlywed trying adjust to the rough lives in the jungle.

A group of students from Amsterdam are on a summer holiday on Texel,continuously making advances towards each other.Peter is in love with Annie.Maja, an elderly woman, in turn sees something in Peter and goes very far to conquer his heart.

The adventures of a top hat, as it changes hands (or heads) and moves through various levels of society.

There is trouble brewing in the Jordaan when Ant wants to divorce Thijs and their daughter Mientje is dating a posh boy called Herman. Meanwhile Ant's parents are about to celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary, but their youngest daughter Fien is more interested in pursuing a handsome cabaret singer.

When bank messenger Brand realizes that 50,000 pounds sterling have gone missing in Amsterdam, it is a catastrophe for him. Imagine his surprise, then, when he is suddenly re-hired as the bank's director.

Prof. Henry Higgins takes a wager on turning a low-class flower seller named Liesje Doeluttel into a presentable lady.

Sentenced to 20 years after killing a colleague for revealing that his wife was unfaithful, a man escapes hoping to kill the woman as well.He learns she was true to him and now has a little girl, who thinks the father is dead.

Willy Verhulst's life isn't easy. She's struggling at school, her father suddenly dies and she can't find a job. She doesn't lose her optimism though.