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Max Havelaar of de koffieveilingen der Nederlandsche Handelsmaatschappij
Fons Rademakers / NL, ID, 1976 / 169 min.
Multatuli's famous political indictment of the colonial regime in what was then the Dutch East Indies adapted into a tense, powerful epic drama. Peter Faber shines as the headstrong protagonist who protests against the way wealthy Dutch coffee traders and local governors exploit and oppress the populace.
As a local government officer for the poor, turbulent Lebak region on West Java, writer Eduard Douwes Dekker (pseudonym: Multatuli) came into conflict with the Dutch governors. This led to his dismissal. Fons Rademakers filmed his famous novel Max Havelaar (1859), an indictment of the exploitation of ‘the native Javanese’.
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Details
Director
Fons Rademakers
Production year
1976
Country
NL, ID
Original title
Max Havelaar of de koffieveilingen der Nederlandsche Handelsmaatschappij
Length
169 min.
Language
Dutch, Malay
Subtitles
ENG
Format
35mm
Part of
Revolusi!
Revolusi! at the Rijksmuseum and Revolusi! at Eye: both institutions will introduce you to the Indonesian war of decolonisation. The film museum will screen a programme of Indonesian ‘battle films’ of which some have never been seen in the Netherlands before.
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