Description
The film is based on the popular Dutch childrens book by Chris van Abkoude. In a Dutch port in 1921 lives a 10-year-old orphan boy known to everyone simply as Little Crumb. His poverty-stricken mother Lize van Dien filled with shame was forced to turn him over to Mrs. Koster soon after he was born. Foster mother Mrs. Koster, who has cared for him since he was a baby, is very poor too, unable to support him by herself and proves to be a cruel taskmaster who insists Crumb bring her money before shell feed him. Somehow he must earn his keep out on the streets and can only go home after he has earned enough money. Crumb becomes an urchin stealing from the streets barrows and the shops to stay alive, sleeping in churches or huddled in doorways. Sometimes he has to run off from the police and he has earned the enmity of the most grownups around him.
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Release Date1999
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Runtime1 hr 58 min
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Languagenl
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Rating6.25 (26)
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Genres
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DirectorMaria Peters
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CastRuud FeltkampHugo HaenenRick EngelkesYannick van de VeldeJack WouterseJan DecleirThekla ReutenSacha BulthuisLou LandréJohnny Kraaijkamp Sr.Mitchell RedmondMark van DuijnRobbie ScheekKay GreidanusMaarten WansinkBert GeurkinkAnna van der SlootAus GreidanusEric van der DonkEric de KoningDuck JettenBabette MulderJopie de VriesGonny GaakeerWigbolt KruyverAllard van der ScheerMartin LaderAnneke BlokTessa SchramQuinten SchramEmilie PosKester van BloklandCharley van BloklandBerend SchulteBarend van LeeuwenJaap SpijkersJohn KegelRandall van HemertSebastiaan van GentWouter van der EntPaul de JongSake van der ZwaagHenny VrientenLeo HoogenboomAnnemarie GrosfeldJakop AhlbomJoop DodererChristo HulstJasper MooibroekTim den BestenCharlotte BesijnHedy WiegnerLou-Lou RhemrevKlaas VosCasper GimbrèreGilles van WelzenRick NicoletBenten WijnenPim FeltkampYoni SerlieBeau EtmanMichiel van BennekomGijs BregmanDanny de KruykJasper GrootPascal van ZwolTim SmitKevin van VuurenMilan TetteroMario CramerJorg MackloetArjen RooseboomRuiter JansenRoberto SluimerWim SerlieFreek BosWimie WilhelmRuben van MontfoortFréderique SpoorIvo van RuttenJaap MaarleveldStijn WestenendSebastiaan LaufHans CronePaul KooijLaus SteenbeekeRuud EeringWim BoulandHarry van RijthovenIngeborg Uyt den BoogaardFrans BeringsRené RetèlAdrian LaTourelle
