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The Absentee

Drama

Dries, a farmer and a widower, lives with his mother-in-law Grietje and his son Peter. He falls in love with Minna, a widow, and marries her despite the opposition of his family and friends. In anger his son Peter leaves home to enlist, while Grietje takes up her residence in another cottage. Six years pass, during which Grietje becomes acquainted with Minna's daughter Dina. Peter falls ill in Sumatra, but after falling in love with Dina, through the medium of photographs, he recovers and is drafted home again to Holland. He meets Dina and the two find that they truly love.

Date: 05/02/1913
Rating: 5.0
Cast: Henri Étiévant, Henri Rollan, Jeanne Grumbach, Germaine Dermoz, Raymonde Dupré, Henri Collen

Henri Étiévant as Dries Schoonejans in The Absentee Henri Étiévant

Henri Rollan as Peter Schoonejans in The Absentee Henri Rollan

Jeanne Grumbach as Schoonmoeder Grietje / Mother-in-law Grietje in The Absentee Jeanne Grumbach

Germaine Dermoz as Minna Petrus in The Absentee Germaine Dermoz

Raymonde Dupré

Henri Collen