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Aletta Jacobs, Het Hoogste Streven

1995

A respectful, interview-framed docudrama that feels like a moving history lesson, earnest and a bit dry but quietly inspiring.

Directed by
Nouchka van Brakel
Genres
Drama, History
Starring
Luutgard Willems, Hans Kesting, Max Arian
Overview
Feature film about the life of Aletta Jacobs (1854-1929). Aletta Jacobs knows from an early age that she wants to become a doctor. She asks Thorbecke to allow her to attend university and, after completing her studies, becomes the first female doctor in Amsterdam. Here, she focuses in particular on sexual problems in women and campaigns for universal suffrage. Director Nouchka van Brakel appears in the film as an interviewer who questions contemporaries about the life and work of Dr. Jacobs. The interviews give an impression of the flood of negative reactions that the feminist provoked. However, when Aletta looks back on her life at the end of the film, many photos and letters show how much she was ultimately appreciated.

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Directed by
Nouchka van Brakel
Genres
Drama, History
Starring
Luutgard Willems, Hans Kesting, Max Arian
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Tone
  • earneststrength 3 of 3
  • upliftingstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • gender
  • ambition
  • justice
  • identity
  • family
Places
  • big city
  • small town
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism9
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama, history
Directed by
Nouchka van Brakel
Written by
Eugenie Jansen, Nouchka van Brakel
Starring
Luutgard Willems, Hans Kesting, Max Arian, Catherine ten Bruggencate, Truus te Selle, Edwin de Vries, Monic Hendrickx, Sacha Bulthuis
Country
Netherlands
Languages
Dutch

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