Young Kees
6.3
“Enchanted by the magic of your own imagination”
Little boy Kees is based on the famous classical masterpiece by Theo Thijssen and deals with a twelve year old Amsterdam schoolboy who grows up at the end of the 19th century in the Jordaan (part of Amsterdam. Kees Bakels is a dreamer who seeks refuge from reality with wild imagination where he dares more than in real life. Through his fathers illness and his young love for Rosa Overbeek he develops himself as someone who acts and assumes responsibility.
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Cast
31 people
Ruud Feltkamp
Kees Bakels
Known for
Tuscan Wedding
Theo Maassen
Vader Bakels
Known for
Miss Minoes
New Kids Turbo
André van Duren
Guurtje Buddenberg
Bob In't Hout
Serge-Henri Valcke
Franse toerist
Known for
The Day
Amsterdamned
Maarten Lebens
Chris Derks
Hannah Cheney
Rosa Overbeek
Also in
Flikken Maastricht
Terry Glinwood
Theo Thijssen
Ger van der Grijn
Man in Raam
Also in
Ball Possession
Happy Days Are Here Again
André van Duren Director · Maarten Lebens Screenplay Bob in 't Hout Screenplay
Worldwide gross $441K · Budget $3.6M · United States release October 16, 2004
Box office
Budget
$3,600,000
Worldwide gross
$440,968
Gross vs. budget
0.1×
Production
Sigma Pictures
Production
Netherlands
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Languages
Original title
Kees de Jongen
Original language
Dutch
Spoken on screen
Dutch
Release dates
Netherlands · November 27, 2003
Theatrical
United States · October 16, 2004
Theatrical
Argentina
August 21, 2004 · Pantalla Naranja: Festival de Cine Holandés
Poland
June 7, 2005 · Ale Kino! - International Young Audience Film Festival
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