The Absentee (1913)
Overview
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.
Cast
Henri Étiévant
Dries Schoonejans
Henri Rollan
Peter Schoonejans
Jeanne Grumbach
Schoonmoeder Grietje / Mother-in-law Grietje
Germaine Dermoz
Minna PetrusRecommendations
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