Movie

Amerika, Amerika

1984 2h 33m Released

MusicComedy

Recording of the Dutch musical. The story takes place in 1939, just before German troops invade Warsaw, on board the Nieuw Amsterdam, a ship of the Holland-America Line. The Jewish magician Benjamin Benjamins flees from the threat of Hitler's new regime. On the ship he meets stowaway Fanny Janssen. Benjamins helps Janssen to hide from the ship's crew, who know that there is a stowaway on board. Meanwhile, the news about the threat of World War II slowly seeps into the ship.

Cast

Jos Brink Benjamin Benjamins Frank Sanders Spreekstalmeester, Ernst H C Caroline Kaart Rea de Vries-Rafalowitz Lucy de Lange Bella van Houten Mary Michon Mien Hupkes Feddema Simone Kleinsma Fanny Jansen