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.
Length 119 minutes
Ruud Feltkamp | Hugo Haenen | Rick Engelkes | Yannick van de Velde | Jack Wouterse | Jan Decleir | Thekla Reuten | Sacha Bulthuis | Lou Landré | John Kraaykamp | Mitchell Redmond | Mark van Duijn | Robbie Scheek | Kay Greidanus | Maarten Wansink | Bert Geurkink | Anna van der Sloot | Aus Greidanus | Eric van der Donk | Eric de Koning | Duck Jetten | Babette Mulder | Jopie de Vries | Gonny Gaakeer | Wigbolt Kruyver | Allard van der Scheer | Martin Lader | Anneke Blok | Tessa Schram | Quinten Schram | Emilie Pos | Kester van Blokland | Charley van Blokland | Berend Schulte | Barend van Leeuwen | Jaap Spijkers | John Kegel | Randall van Hemert | Sebastiaan van Gent | Wouter van der Ent | Paul de Jong | Sake van der Zwaag | Henny Vrienten | Leo Hoogenboom | Annemarie Grosfeld | Jakop Ahlbom | Joop Doderer | Christo Hulst | Jasper Mooibroek | Tim den Besten | Charlotte Besijn | Hedy Wiegner | Loulou Rhemrev | Klaas Vos | Casper Gimbrère | Gilles van Welzen | Rick Nicolet | Benten Wijnen | Pim Feltkamp | Yoni Serlie | Beau Etman | Michiel van Bennekom | Gijs Bregman | Danny de Kruyk | Jasper Groot | Pascal van Zwol | Tim Smit | Kevin van Vuuren | Milan Tettero | Mario Cramer | Jorg Mackloet | Arjen Rooseboom | Ruiter Jansen | Roberto Sluimer | Wim Serlie | Freek Bos | Wimie Wilhelm | Ruben van Montfoort | Fréderique Spoor | Ivo van Rutten | Jaap Maarleveld | Stijn Westenend | Sebastiaan Lauf | Hans Crone | Paul Kooij | Laus Steenbeeke | Ruud Eering | Wim Bouland | Harry van Rijthoven | Ingeborg Uyt den Boogaard | Frans Berings | René Retèl | Adrian LaTourelle