When his granddaughter is born, debt-ridden Colonel von Zwenken misses out on Aunt Roselaar's allowance of 20,000 guilders. Anxious to keep the money, his son-in-law telegraphs the aunt that a son was born, Frans, and the girl is brought up as a boy. Based on the novel by Anna L.G. Bosboom-Toussaint.
Annie Bos
Francis Mordaunt alias Majoor Frans
Frederick Vogeding
Leopold van Zonshoven
Lily Bouwmeester
Jonge Francis / Young Francis
Willem van der Veer
Rudolf von Zwenken
Louis Chrispijn Sr.
Von Zwenken
Willem Hunsche
Kapitein Rolf
Paula de Waart
Kindermeisje / Nanny
Christine van Meeteren
Koetsiers' weduwe / Coachman's widow
Maria Bouwmeester-Clermont
Tante Roselaar / Aunt Roselaar
When his granddaughter is born, debt-ridden Colonel von Zwenken misses out on Aunt Roselaar's allowance of 20,000 guilders. Anxious to keep the money, his son-in-law telegraphs the aunt that a son was born, Frans, and the girl is brought up as a boy. Based on the novel by Anna L.G. Bosboom-Toussaint.
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