
Maurits Binger
Directing
Biography
Maurits Binger (1868–1923) was a Dutch film director, producer and screenwriter of the silent era. He directed 39 films between 1913 and 1922 and is considered one of the pioneers of fictional films in the Netherlands. The Binger Filmlab, formerly the Maurits Binger Film Institute, was named after him.
Known For

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.
Major Frans
A séance proves a ghost compelled a spiritualist to kill his rich father.
The Other Person

A captain saves a kidnapped magnate from a nursing home run by foreign agents.
Bulldog Drummond

In 17th century Holland, a faction of royalists is scheming to restore the monarchy and jail the De Witt brothers, who control the Republic. At the same time Tulip Fever is raging, and bulb-grower Cornelis van Baerle tries to obtain the secret of black tulips. Van Baerle will soon find himself threatened by radical royalists and rival bulb-grower Isaac van Boxtel.
The Black Tulip

After the death of their father, a travelling showman, Iris Belmore and her little brother Billy are engaged to play in a circus owned by George Munro. Jim, a young man their father had adopted, comes home after he has been at the sea, where he has saved the lives of Lady Rosemount and her son during a shipwreck. Jim, a sharpshooter, also joins Munro’s circus and shows Iris and Billy much kindness. Iris and Jim do a sharpshooting act together. Munro’s jealousy is aroused when he sees that their friendship is growing into love. In revenge he tampers with Jim’s revolver, with the result that an accident happens in the ring and Iris is slightly wounded. Jim gives Munro a severe thrashing and leaves the circus, taking Iris and Billy with him, in search of other employment. While tramping the country, they meet Lady Rosemount and her husband. Sir Henry, hearing their story and wishing to show his gratitude, buys Munro’s circus and makes Jim the manager, on condition that he marries Iris. ×
Circus Jim

Lona, a young woman who has no memories of her past, has been adopted by the rich industrialist Van Haaften. She is loved by Henri van Rhenen, a neighbour whose mother still mourns the loss of her daughter, who disappeared twenty years ago under mysterious circumstances. Lona has another suitor, Frans van Borselen, who hopes to marry her so that he can pay his gambling debts with her foster-father's money. Van Haaften discovers that Frans has been cheating at cards and offers him a revolver so that he can end his life honourably.
Golden Chains

A young woman, with her naive lies, causes some troubles marrying into an aristocratic family. At the end, good-heartedness wins over snobbishness and class barriers.
As God Made Her

Dolores gets a marriage proposal from the promising young doctor Lucas, but on the day of their marriage, she leaves him in the lurch and takes off with the South American dancer and adventurer Hugo Amadis. But Hugo treats her badly. Dolores leaves Hugo and begins a career as a dancer to make ends meet for her and her son. One day, the son gets sick, and the doctor who helps the child through the crisis is Doctor Lucas. Lucas and Delores decide to start over.
Fate's Plaything

In the prologue, a boat with some shipwrecked persons is drifting at sea. Among them is Baron van Waldheim, who, before he dies of exhaustion, entrusts his little son Alfred to the care of his butler Hendrik. The evil Jan van Oort persuades Hendrik to give him the Baron's papers. When they put the boy ashore, he wounds himself on a nail (leaving a scar that will later prove his identity). For years Van Oort manages to pass himself off as Baron van Waldheim; he is married and has a daughter and a son. One day Hendrik turns up demanding a job as butler, swearing that otherwise he will betray Van Oort's secret. Meanwhile, Alfred - now an adult known as Ulbo Garvema - has become a teacher. Unaware of who Van Oort really is, he accepts the position of tutor to Van Oort's children. He falls in love with the daughter, but Van Oort refuses to give his consent to their marriage. Ulbo and the girl elope.
Ulbo Garvema
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De Zigeunerin

A usurer cancels a woman's debt in return for wresting a financial secret from a minister's wife.
John Heriot's Wife
A cabinetmaker finds a document written in Latin in an old desk. Because he cannot decipher it, he asks his lawyer for a translation.
De vloek van het testament

Young poacher Hendrik van Norden has seriously wounded a game-keeper, who has not recognized him. There was, however, one witness: captain Van Oort, but he promises to keep silent. Five years later Hendrik has become a lighthouse-keeper and is courting Annie. Van Oort is also trying to win Annie's affections, and in his jealousy he decides to remind Hendrik of what he knows about his past...
The Secret of the Lighthouse
During his summer vacation, an artist falls in love with a Dutch girl. He finds a serious rival in one of the local fishermen, and when the opportunity arises, he does not hesitate to cause him serious trouble. However, the artist does not anticipate a third party, who not only rehabilitates the innocent fisherman but also reveals the artist's true nature.
De wolf in de schaapskooi
The story revolves around extortion and blackmail, with a notorious con artist making life impossible for everyone else.
Ontmaskerd
A courtroom drama involving a father and daughter who find themselves on opposite sides of the bar, because the father is accused of murdering his daughter's fiancé and must prove his innocence to the judge. He is acquitted but soon dies of grief.
Heilig recht

Mavis Keeves is the daughter of a man who is ruined and dies as a result of reckless speculation, encouraged by Sir Harry Winderbank.
Outlaw

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The Fisherman's Revenge

Dutch silent comedy film where a bunch of women cause havoc wherever they go.
Great Guys Among the Mobilization

A farmer's daughter falls in love with a farmhand.