Little Crumb

Little Crumb

1999
1h 59m
6.2

6.2/10

26 votes • View on IMDb
Overview

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.

Status: Released

Language: NL

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Production Information

Production Companies
Shooting Star Filmcompany
Production Countries
Netherlands
Spoken Languages
Dutch

Quick Facts

Original Title Kruimeltje
Release Date December 22, 1999
Status Released
Language NL
IMDb ID tt0205190

Cast

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

Mitchell Redmond
Mitchell Redmond

Trekschuitjongetje

Mark van Duijn
Mark van Duijn

Trekschuitjongetje

Key Crew

Dave Schram
Producer
Hans Pos
Producer
Maria Peters
Director