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Verborgen Verleden

2010 · 19 seasons

A calm, curious journey through family trees where ordinary lives open onto the sweep of history.

Starring
Tommy Wieringa, Mei Li Vos
Overview
In Hidden Past, famous Dutch people go in search of their family history. Who were their ancestors and what did they do? To find out, the main characters have to travel. Sometimes very far back in the past, sometimes much closer. In Hidden Past, the broad lines of history become visible in the stories hidden in the family trees of the main characters.

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Starring
Tommy Wieringa, Mei Li Vos
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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • memory
  • identity
  • aging
  • class
Places
  • road trip
  • countryside
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
  • procedural
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism9
Romance1
Tension2
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight5

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Details

Starring
Tommy Wieringa, Mei Li Vos
Length
19 seasons, 141 episodes, 45 min each
Network
NTR, NCRV, NPO 2, NPO 1
Country
Netherlands
Languages
Dutch

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