De Kribbebijter
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.
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"To say Dutch audiences in the 30s loved De Kribbebijter would be an understatement: the movie stayed in theaters from july 1935 to december 1942, packing full houses until the very end of its run. International critics did not seem to understand what exactly made this Dutch comedy so special, but when one takes a closer look at the cinematic climate in the Netherlands in those days, they will find that the Kribbebijter-madness made perfect sense. In the mid-thirties, the most popular movie genre in the Netherlands was that of the so-called 'Jordaan-film'; jolly musicals with a simpl..."
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On October 11, 1935, De Kribbebijter was screened simultaneously in cinemas in the Dutch cities of Haarlem, Gouda, Alkmaar, Arnhem, Breda and The Hague in celebration of the fifteenth anniversary of the stage play, which was first performed in the Netherlands in 1920 and went on to attract full houses for over seven months.
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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.