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Max Havelaar

“One man against an empire of greed.”

1976 · 2 h 50 min
Directed by Fons Rademakers
DramaHistory

Cast

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Plot

An idealistic Dutch colonial official in Java fights the corruption of local rulers and his own countrymen, in the 19th century.

Sinekatalog’s take

Fons Rademakers's Dutch-Indonesian drama, from Multatuli's novel, with Peter Faber and Sacha Bulthuis, is a lavish, angry and strong epic of colonialism.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.1 / 10 (1,114 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.