Cor Van der Lugt Melsert

Cor Van der Lugt Melsert

Birth : 1882-07-04, Rotterdam

Death : 1969-08-16

History

Cornelis Dirk van der Lugt Melsert (1882 - 1969) was a Dutch stage actor, director and critic, who appeared on screen twice. Both of these films, Willem van Oranje (1934) and Veertig Jaren (1938), were government commissioned films celebrating the Dutch House of Orange-Nassau.

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Cor Van der Lugt Melsert

Movies

Forty Years
Forty Years
Dick Maasdonk
This government commissioned film -- made on the occasion of the forty year anniversary of queen Wilhelmina's reign -- chronicles the lives of two Dutch families from 1898 to 1938 against the backdrop of the social and political events of the times. It shows the emergence of trade unions, the troubled years of the First World War, the development of aviation and Schiphol airport, the Dutch East Indies and the lives of the Dutch royal family.
William of Orange
William of Orange
Prins van Oranje
The first 'official' Dutch sound film was presented as a historic document on the history of the Netherlands, highlighting the importance of prince William of Orange's role during the Eighty Years war. His story is told in a series of short episodes, spanning his sudden rise to prince of Orange in 1844 to his murder by Balthasar Gerards in 1584.