The Black Tulip (Dutch: De zwarte tulp) is a 1921 Dutch silent adventure film directed by Maurits Binger. It is based on the novel The Black Tulip by Alexandre Dumas.
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Plot
In 17th-century Haarlem, a tulip contest is announced: whoever can grow the first black tulip will receive 100,000 guilders as a reward. Cornelis van Baerle seems to be on the verge of success, but many rival growers try to thwart his efforts. Due to political turmoil, Cornelis ends up in prison. The tulip captivates all of Holland; we also witness the downfall of the De Witt brothers. Ultimately, the Prince of Orange decides that Cornelis must be released; he grows the tulip, wins his prize, and marries Rosa, the jailor's daughter.
Cast
Gerald McCarthy - Cornelis van Baerle
Zoe Palmer - Rosa, daughter of the jailer
Eduard Verkade - Cornelis de Witt
Dio Huysmans - Johan de Witt
Coen Hissink - Jailer / Gryphus
Harry Waghalter - Isaac Boxtel
August Van den Hoeck - Tichelaer, the barber from Piershil
Frank Dane - Prins van Oranje
Lau Ezerman - Willem
Wilhelmina van den Hoeck - Wife of Cornelis de Witt
Josephine Homann-Niehorster
Carl Tobi
Fred Homann
Betty Doxat-Pratt