Little Crumb
6.5
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.
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Cast
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Ruud Feltkamp
Kruimeltje
Known for
Tuscan Wedding
Hugo Haenen
Wilkes
Known for
Van der Valk
Rick Engelkes
Harry Volker
Known for
Ibiza Fever
Yannick van de Velde
Keesie
Known for
Ferry: The Series
Jack Wouterse
Bezoeker Vrouw Koster
Known for
Band of Brothers
Hotel Beau Séjour
Jan Decleir
Vader Keyzer
Known for
The Claus Family
Character
Thekla Reuten
Vera di Borboni / Lize van Dien
Known for
Warrior Nun
In Bruges
Sacha Bulthuis
Vrouw Koster
Known for
Stricken
Lou Landré
Loketbeambte H.A.L.
Known for
Flodder
Amsterdamned
Johnny Kraaijkamp Sr.
Bewaker hondenpark
Also in
The Assault
The Pointsman
Mitchell Redmond
Trekschuitjongetje
No other roles listed
Mark van Duijn
Trekschuitjongetje
No other roles listed
Maria Peters Director · Chris van Abkoude Author Hein Groot Cinematographer
First release December 22, 1999 · Produced in Netherlands · Production Shooting Star Filmcompany BV
Production
Shooting Star Filmcompany
Production
Shooting Star Filmcompany BV
Production
Netherlands
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Kruimeltje
Original language
Dutch
Spoken on screen
Dutch
Release dates
Belgium · December 22, 1999
Theatrical
Netherlands · December 22, 1999
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
France
October 10, 2021 · Digital · Netflix
Hungary
May 26, 2004 · Digital
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