Max Havelaar: or, The Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company (1976)
Max Havelaar of de koffieveilingen der Nederlandsche Handelmaatschappij
One man against an empire of greed.
170 min
An idealistic Dutch colonial officer posted to Indonesia in the 19th century is convinced that he can make the kinds of changes that will actually help the local people he is in charge of, but circumstances soon make him realize just how out of touch he really is, and it doesn't take long for things to go from bad to worse.
- Release date
- September 9, 1976
- Country of origin
- Indonesia, Netherlands
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Trailer
Cast
- Peter Faber as Max Havelaar
- Sacha Bulthuis as Tine
- Maruli Sitompul as Demang
- Krijn ter Braak as Verbrugge
- Rima Melati as Mevrouw Slotering
- Joop Admiraal as Slotering
- Sofia W.D. as Inah
- Rutger Hauer as Lieutenant Duclari
- Frans Vorstman as Governor General
- Helmert Woudenberg as Coffee planter
- Hugo Koolschijn as Lieutenant
- Adrian Brine as Dr Bensen
- Eric van der Donk as De Waal
- Dolf de Vries as Hendrickx
- Adendu Soesilaningrat as Regent
- Carl van der Plas as Resident
- Pitradjaya Burnama as Djaska
- Herry Lantho as Saïdjah
Crew
- Fons Rademakers · Director
- Gerard Soeteman · Writer
- Multatuli · Writer
- Fons Rademakers · Producer
- Jan de Bont · Cinematographer
- Pieter Bergema · Editor
- Victorine H. van den Heuvel · Editor
- Hans Kemna · Casting director