Little Crumb
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. 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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Jack Wouterse
as Bezoeker Vrouw Koster
Gonny Gaakeer
as Aardige mevrouw
Tessa Schram
as Kind van moeder Keesie
Casper Gimbrère
as Agent kerk
Aus Greidanus
as Dronken man in cel
Jaap Spijkers
as Vader Keesie
Emilie Pos
as Kind van moeder Keesie
Paul Kooij
as Onderwijzer
Kay Greidanus
as Trekschuitjongetje
Henny Vrienten
as Pianist bioscoop
Charlotte Besijn
as Verpleegster Ziekenhuis
Anneke Blok
as Moeder Keesie
Wim Serlie
as Slager
Rick Engelkes
as Harry Volker
Laus Steenbeeke
as Verkoper pianozaak
Allard van der Scheer
as Groentenman
Joop Doderer
as Koster
Yannick van de Velde
as Keesie
Bert Geurkink
as Agent
Eric van der Donk
as Commissaris
Lou-Lou Rhemrev
as Aardige mevrouw kerk
Ingeborg Uyt den Boogaard
as Dienstbode Vera
Adrian LaTourelle
as Verkoper scheepswinkel
Ruud Feltkamp
as Kruimeltje
Jan Decleir
as Vader Keyzer
Thekla Reuten
as Vera di Borboni / Lize van Dien
Rick Nicolet
as Moeder Keyzer
Wimie Wilhelm
as Nieuwe bewoonster
Johnny Kraaijkamp Sr.
as Bewaker hondenpark
Tim den Besten
as Kwajongen vismarkt
Harry van Rijthoven
as Dokter 2
Hugo Haenen
as Wilkes
Sacha Bulthuis
as Vrouw Koster
Jaap Maarleveld
as Oude buurman
Lou Landré
as Loketbeambte H.A.L.
Maarten Wansink
as Glaszetter
