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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.

1999 |1h 59m |  Drama

Cast

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Ruud Feltkamp

Kruimeltje

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Hugo Haenen

Wilkes

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Rick Engelkes

Harry Volker

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Yannick van de Velde

Keesie

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Jack Wouterse

Bezoeker Vrouw Koster

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Jan Decleir

Vader Keyzer

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Thekla Reuten

Vera di Borboni / Lize van Dien

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Sacha Bulthuis

Vrouw Koster

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Lou Landré

Loketbeambte H.A.L.

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Johnny Kraaijkamp Sr.

Bewaker hondenpark

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Kay Greidanus

Trekschuitjongetje

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Maarten Wansink

Glaszetter

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Aus Greidanus

Dronken man in cel

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Eric van der Donk

Commissaris

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Gonny Gaakeer

Aardige mevrouw

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Allard van der Scheer

Groentenman

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Anneke Blok

Moeder Keesie

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Emilie Pos

Kind van moeder Keesie

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Jaap Spijkers

Vader Keesie

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Joop Doderer

Koster

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Charlotte Besijn

Verpleegster Ziekenhuis

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Lou-Lou Rhemrev

Aardige mevrouw kerk

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Casper Gimbrère

Agent kerk

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Rick Nicolet

Moeder Keyzer

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Wim Serlie

Slager

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Wimie Wilhelm

Nieuwe bewoonster

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Jaap Maarleveld

Oude buurman

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Paul Kooij

Onderwijzer

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Laus Steenbeeke

Verkoper pianozaak

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Harry van Rijthoven

Dokter 2

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Ingeborg Uyt den Boogaard

Dienstbode Vera

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Adrian LaTourelle

Verkoper scheepswinkel

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Status

Released

Language

Dutch

Budget

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Revenue

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