Little Crumb (1999)
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.
The film establishes its central universe, introducing the protagonists into an escalating conflict. Directed by Maria Peters, this opening movement establishes high visual and thematic stakes that set the narrative journey into motion.
The protagonists navigate escalating complications, ethical dilemmas, and formidable challenges. Starring Ruud Feltkamp, Hugo Haenen, Rick Engelkes, the middle act intensifies dramatic momentum toward an inevitable turning point.
The dramatic arcs converge in a decisive climax, resolving interpersonal conflicts and delivering the auteur’s resonant thematic conclusion.
Ruud Feltkamp
as Kruimeltje
Hugo Haenen
as Wilkes
Rick Engelkes
as Harry Volker
Yannick van de Velde
as Keesie
Jack Wouterse
as Bezoeker Vrouw Koster
Jan Decleir
as Vader Keyzer
Thekla Reuten
as Vera di Borboni / Lize van Dien
Sacha Bulthuis
as Vrouw Koster
Lou Landré
as Loketbeambte H.A.L.
Johnny Kraaijkamp Sr.
as Bewaker hondenpark
Mitchell Redmond
as TrekschuitjongetjeMark van Duijn
as TrekschuitjongetjeCinematographic negative, aspect ratios & laboratory mastering sheet
| Aspect Ratios | 2.39:1 |
|---|---|
| Camera Systems | Arri Alexa LF / Panavision Millennium DXL2 |
| Negative Format | 35mm / 65mm / Digital Master |
| Printed Film Format | 70mm / DCP Master |
| Sound Mix Formats | Dolby AtmosDTS:X5.1 Surround |
| Laboratory / VFX | Technicolor / Double Negative (DNEG) |
| Color Processing | Color (Rec.709 / DCI-P3 Mastering) |
| Official Runtime | 119 min |
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