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Amerika, Amerika (1984)
Directed by Jo Dua, John Schelfhout
Music, Comedy · 2h 33m
Recording of the Dutch musical. The story takes place in 1939, just before German troops invade Warsaw, on board the Nieuw Amsterdam, a ship of the Holland-America Line. The Jewish magician Benjamin Benjamins flees from the threat of Hitler's new regime. On the ship he meets stowaway Fanny Janssen. Benjamins helps Janssen to hide from the ship's crew, who know that there is a stowaway on board. Meanwhile, the news about the threat of World War II slowly seeps into the ship.
Cast
Jos Brink
Benjamin Benjamins
Frank Sanders
Spreekstalmeester, Ernst Hegeman
C
Caroline Kaart
Rea de Vries-Rafalowitz
Lucy de Lange
Bella van Houten
Mary Michon
Mien Hupkes Feddema
Simone Kleinsma
Fanny Jansen
Barrie Stevens
Dennis Bar
A
Annelies Balhan
Victoria Hupkes
Fred Butter
Pastoor
P
Peter van Leeuwen
Steward, hofmeester
R
Roel Tijhof
Steward, hofmeester
A
Adri Felderhof
Jopie Bons, kamenier van Bella
Crew
- Director
- Jo Dua, John Schelfhout
- Writer
- Jos Brink, Frank Sanders
- Editor
- Ad Buursema
- Producer
- John Schelfhout
Details
- Release date
- 1984-02-25
- Runtime
- 2h 33m
- Genres
- Music, Comedy
- Original language
- NL
- Spoken languages
- Dutch
- Countries
- Netherlands
- Production
- Tekstpierement BV, Hans Tobi BV, AVRO