An idealistic Dutch colonial officer posted to Indonesia in the 19th century is cohvinced that he can make the kinds of changes that will actually help the local people he is in charge of, but circumstances soon make him realize just how out of touch he really is, and it doesn't take long for things to go from bad to worse.
as Max Havelaar
as Tine
as Regent
as Demang
as Verbrugge
as Resident
as Mevrouw Slotering
as Slotering
as Djaska
as Saïdjah
as Adinda
as Babu
as Saïdjah's vader
as Duclari
as Gouverneur-generaal