We use pepper and salt every day. Nobody realizes that it was precisely those simple ingredients that initially attracted the Dutch over the oceans. To the West for the salt. To the East for the pepper. It seems like a simple story, but of course there was much more to it and there was a lot more to it before those proud East Indiamen controlled the oceans and the Low Countries became the Golden Republic.
- Status
- Ended
- Production
- FUGA Filmproducties
Top Cast
Bart van Leeuwen as Narrator (voice)
Top Crew
Jan Dorresteijn · Director
Felix Thijssen · Writer
Klaas Slot · Cinematographer
Jaap de Moor · Editor
Ton Vermeulen · Editor
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