Whitey
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The first movie version, from the age of black & white, of Flemish (heimat-)author Ernest Claes' classical novel, titled after the nickname (Dutch 'the White', referring to a blond male) of the main character: a smart but naughty farmhand's son whose eternal mischief, pranks and disobedience drive his elders (especially teachers, family and father's grumpy employer, a rich farmer) and classmates to despair in a time when a boy's punishment was still inevitable, swift and often severe.
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Cast
25 people
Jef Bruyninckx
De witte
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Magda Janssens
Moeder
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Ernest Claes
Jan Vanderheyden
Renaat Veremans
Jef Van Leemput Sr.
Vader
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Edith Kiel
Erwald Daub
Jef Van Leemput Jr.
Mulder
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Walter Van Bonhorst
Gaston Smet
Niske
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Nora Oosterwijk
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Jan Vanderheyden Director · Edith Kiel Writer Ernest Claes Story
First release June 26, 1934 · Produced in Belgium · Original title De witte
Production
Jan Vanderheyden-Film
Production
Belgium
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Languages
Original title
De witte
Original language
Dutch
Spoken on screen
Dutch
Release dates
Belgium · June 26, 1934
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Netherlands
January 25, 1935
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