Kruimeltje

Dec 9 1999 N/A 1h 59m
Drama, Family

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.

Plot

The journey of a homeless boy who tries to find his father, set in the 1920's in Holland.

Written by

Chris van Abkoude, Maria Peters

Directed by

Maria Peters

Cast

Ruud Feltkamp, Yannick van de Velde, Mitchell Redmond

Crew

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Production Countries

Netherlands

Production Companies

Shooting Star Filmcompany

Languages

Nederlands

Awards

3 wins & 5 nominations

Scores
# of Votes
2,757
Average Rating
6.5 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA