Little Crumb

1999
6.5| 1h59m| en
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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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Also starring Hugo Haenen

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Whitech It is not only a funny movie, but it allows a great amount of joy for anyone who watches it.
Aedonerre I gave this film a 9 out of 10, because it was exactly what I expected it to be.
Yash Wade Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.
Christophe Excellent characters with emotional depth. My wife, daughter and granddaughter all enjoyed it...and me, too! Very good movie! You won't be disappointed.
Miora The story follows a nice pace and many people and places looked a lot liked I pictured them from reading the book. However, having read the book several times in my childhood I felt disappointed about how the movie handles the storyline. Things that were surprises in the book that were kept for the very end were given away halfway the film. In my opinion that spoils a lot of the surprise effect. So my warning to those who read the book is of course not to expect the storyline from the book. And those who want to show people this movie to interest them in the book should be warned that for the best story experience one should read the book first. Otherwise it's a nice family movie that is not a typical Dutch movie at all.
RedheadR I have something to say about this movie, my name is Raymond Roodbol and i played the role of 'Bartje' in this movie. It's really strange that my name isn't mentioned here. It was a really great experience to do this, when i looked up 'Kruimeltje' here on IMDb, my name wasn't there. So i hope my name would be mentioned in the list, if that's possible.Something about the movie: The filming was at many places in the Netherlands, i really liked making this movie, also because it was such a success. After the great success of 'Kruimeltje, the movie', 'Kruimeltje, the musical' was played in the Netherlands, I also played in 'Kruimeltje The Musical' and also the role of 'Bartje'.
Chris-675 It's an old story of a lonely boy who "rascals" around in the city. Maybe it's just me, but I hate the dutch language in movies or series. For this movie they used a crew of famous dutch actors, just a shame of Johnny Kraaikamp's roll, wich is FAR to short ! I thought the part with him was the best scene of the hole movie.Just as I mentioned: not bad for a dutch movie
Stefan Tetelepta Forget Home Alone, dont think about Air Bud: this is the childmovie for every age. It's a story about a homeless kid of ten years old, who had a heart of gold. The storyline is simple, and sometimes a litle dull. Could have used a liltle more humour near the end, but it's very heartwarming. See it with the family.