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Little Crumb
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.
Where to watch Little Crumb
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Cast
- Ruud Feltkamp as Kruimeltje
- Hugo Haenen as Wilkes
- Rick Engelkes as Harry Volker
- Yannick van de Velde as Keesie
- Jack Wouterse as Bezoeker Vrouw Koster
- Jan Decleir as Vader Keyzer
- Thekla Reuten as Vera di Borboni / Lize van Dien
- Sacha Bulthuis as Vrouw Koster
- Lou Landré as Loketbeambte H.A.L.
- Johnny Kraaijkamp Sr. as Bewaker hondenpark
- Mitchell Redmond as Trekschuitjongetje
- Mark van Duijn as Trekschuitjongetje
Details
- Director
- Maria Peters
- Released
- December 22, 1999
- Runtime
- 1h 59m
- Genres
- Drama, Family
- Studio
- Shooting Star Filmcompany
- Status
- Released
- TMDB score
- 6.3 / 10 from 28 votes
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