Jan Vermeulen, the Miller of Flanders (1917)

- Directed by
- Georg Jacoby
- Genre
- drama film, silent film
- Country
- German Empire
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A Flemish miller struggles during wartime occupation in World War I. The film follows his personal conflicts as he navigates life under German control in rural Flanders.
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What happens
Jan Vermeulen, the Miller of Flanders (German: Jan Vermeulen, der Müller aus Flandern) is a 1917 German silent war drama film directed by Georg Jacoby. It was made as a propaganda film by the German film agency BUFA, which generally specialised in making documentaries but also made feature films such as this and Dr. Hart's Diary. Location shooting took place around Bruges and Ghent in German-occupied Belgian Flanders. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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