Little Crumb

– The film is based on the popular Dutch childrens book by Chris van Abkoude. In a Dutch port in 1921 ..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.10 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 59 Minutes
Release Year:
1999
Original Name:
Kruimeltje
Little Crumb (1999) - Also known as Kruimeltje

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 (Ruud Feltkamp). His poverty-stricken mother Lize van Dien (Thekla Reuten) filled with shame was forced to turn him over to Mrs. Koster (Sacha Bulthuis) 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.

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Release Date:

09 Dec 1999

Language:

Dutch

Director:

Maria Peters

Writer:

Chris van Abkoude (book), Maria Peters

Main Actors:

Ruud Feltkamp, Yannick van de Velde, Mitchell Redmond, Mark van Duijn

Plot:

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

Awards:

3 wins & 5 nominations.

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.2/10