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Little Crumb

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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.

Directed byMaria Peters

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 59m
Language
NL
Released
December 22, 1999
Studios
Shooting Star Filmcompany

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Ruud Feltkamp

Ruud Feltkamp

Kruimeltje

Hugo Haenen

Hugo Haenen

Wilkes

Rick Engelkes

Rick Engelkes

Harry Volker

Yannick van de Velde

Yannick van de Velde

Keesie

Jack Wouterse

Jack Wouterse

Bezoeker Vrouw Koster

Jan Decleir

Jan Decleir

Vader Keyzer

Thekla Reuten

Thekla Reuten

Vera di Borboni / Lize van Dien

Sacha Bulthuis

Sacha Bulthuis

Vrouw Koster

Lou Landré

Lou Landré

Loketbeambte H.A.L.

Johnny Kraaijkamp Sr.

Johnny Kraaijkamp Sr.

Bewaker hondenpark

Creative team
Directed by
Maria Peters
Maria Peters
Produced by
Dave Schram
Dave Schram
Hans Pos
Hans Pos

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