Little Crumb

6.2
19991h 59m

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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Logo for Shooting Star Filmcompany

Cast

Photo of Ruud Feltkamp

Ruud Feltkamp

Kruimeltje

Photo of Rick Engelkes

Rick Engelkes

Harry Volker

Photo of Jack Wouterse

Jack Wouterse

Bezoeker Vrouw Koster

Photo of Jan Decleir

Jan Decleir

Vader Keyzer

Photo of Thekla Reuten

Thekla Reuten

Vera di Borboni / Lize van Dien

Photo of Sacha Bulthuis

Sacha Bulthuis

Vrouw Koster

Photo of Lou Landré

Lou Landré

Loketbeambte H.A.L.

Photo of Johnny Kraaijkamp Sr.

Johnny Kraaijkamp Sr.

Bewaker hondenpark

Photo of Kay Greidanus

Kay Greidanus

Trekschuitjongetje

Photo of Maarten Wansink

Maarten Wansink

Glaszetter

Photo of Aus Greidanus

Aus Greidanus

Dronken man in cel

Photo of Gonny Gaakeer

Gonny Gaakeer

Aardige mevrouw

Photo of Anneke Blok

Anneke Blok

Moeder Keesie

Photo of Tessa Schram

Tessa Schram

Kind van moeder Keesie

Photo of Emilie Pos

Emilie Pos

Kind van moeder Keesie

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