Little Crumb

1999 1h 59m NL

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6.3

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★6.3TMDB · 28

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Synopsis

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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.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Ruud Feltkamp
Kruimeltje
Hugo Haenen
Wilkes
Rick Engelkes
Harry Volker
Yannick van de Velde
Keesie
Jack Wouterse
Bezoeker Vrouw Koster
Jan Decleir
Vader Keyzer
Thekla Reuten
Vera di Borboni / Lize van Dien
Sacha Bulthuis
Vrouw Koster

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Maria Peters
Writers: Johannes Hogebrink, Maria Peters
Languages: Dutch
Countries: Netherlands

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ERA

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27 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Maria Peters, shot by Hein Groot. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Ot Louw shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Ruud Feltkamp and Hugo Haenen and Rick Engelkes carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0205190 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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WILD

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Only 28 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Maria Peters directs. Hein Groot behind the camera. Ot Louw cuts. Produced in Netherlands. Dialogue in Dutch.

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127 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Directed by Maria Peters, shot by Hein Groot. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Editor Ot Louw shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
4Ruud Feltkamp and Hugo Haenen and Rick Engelkes carry the top of the cast.
5IMDB entry: tt0205190 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
6Only 28 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.