Movie · 119 min · 6 · drm, fml, eur
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.
Where to watch Little Crumb
Available on 3 platforms across 1 countries.
Chart positions today
Currently charting in 1 countries, best placed at #977 in Germany.
- Germany #977
Chart history
Little Crumb has spent 0 days in a top 3, 0 days in a top 10 and 2 days in a top 100 across the markets we track. Its best position anywhere is #18.
Cast
Ruud Feltkamp, Hugo Haenen, Rick Engelkes, Yannick van de Velde, Jack Wouterse, Jan Decleir, Thekla Reuten, Sacha Bulthuis, Lou Landré, Johnny Kraaijkamp Sr., Mitchell Redmond, Mark van Duijn, Robbie Scheek, Kay Greidanus, Maarten Wansink, Bert Geurkink, Anna van der Sloot, Aus Greidanus
Crew
Hans Pos (producer), Dave Schram (producer)
Awards
0 wins from 1 nominations.
- International Submission to the Academy Awards 2001 — nominated