DE STAMHOUDER - The story of a family

De Stamhouder (Legacy) is the film adaptation of Alexander Münninghoff's highly acclaimed autobiographical book "The Son and the Heir" and has now been broadcast on NPO 1 (Dutch Public Broadcasting).

It tells the story of Alexander Münninghoff (Matthijs van de Sande Bakhuyzen), who falls in love with the self-confident, free-spirited Ellen (Sallie Harmsen) in the late 1960s. When he confesses to her after a beautiful night of love that his father, Frans Münninghoff, was an SS man during the war, Ellen reacts dismissively. Her family suffered greatly during the war. She disappears from his life ... only to reappear a good month later. She is pregnant. The twentysomethings want to keep the child and decide to marry. However, on the condition that Alexander comes to terms with his dark family past. Alexander discovers that he knows very little about his parents and his grandfather.

Jörg Westphal plays "Siegfried Bauer", the second husband of Wera (Lisa Karlström), Alexander Münninghoff's mother. 

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Production: Column movie in collaboration with AVROTROS
Director: Diederik van Rooijen
Casting: Sabine Schwedhelm