Amerika, Amerika
1984Recording 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.
Acted in
Jos Brink
as Benjamin Benjamins
Frank Sanders
as Spreekstalmeester, Ernst Hegeman
Caroline Kaart
as Rea de Vries-Rafalowitz
Lucy de Lange
as Bella van Houten
Mary Michon
as Mien Hupkes Feddema
Simone Kleinsma
as Fanny Jansen
Barrie Stevens
as Dennis Bar
Annelies Balhan
as Victoria Hupkes
Fred Butter
as Pastoor
Peter van Leeuwen
as Steward, hofmeester
Roel Tijhof
as Steward, hofmeester
Adri Felderhof
as Jopie Bons, kamenier van Bella