Movielogr
Ciske the Rat (1984)
Directed by Guido Pieters
Overview
Lovable Amsterdam street urchin, 11 year old Ciske is nevertheless much in need of love as the Dutch 1984 title suggests. He is a scamp with a heart of gold. He causes havoc in the classroom pouring ink over his teacher yet when a polio-crippled boy joins the class Ciske is one of the only children to befriend him and is bullied as a result. His mother works in a bar and Ciske helps out often late into the night - his father is at sea and his mother supplements her income with prostitution. Ciske is also a very angry young man and he smoulders with rage at life’s injustices.
Length 107 minutes
Actors
Danny de Munk | Willeke van Ammelrooy | Herman van Veen | Willem Nijholt | Peter Faber | Rijk de Gooyer | Linda van Dyck | Carolien van den Berg | Ingeborg Uyt den Boogaard | Rudi Falkenhagen | Hans Holtkamp | Paul van Soest | Frans Kokshoorn | Herman Kortekaas | Cas Baas | Onno Molenkamp | Ton Vos