Krümelchen
(1999)
Regisseur:
Maria PetersSchauspieler:
Ruud Feltkamp, Hugo Haenen, Rick EngelkesRotterdam 1912: Seit seine Mutter ihn der hartherzigen, geizigen Witwe Koster anvertraut hat, muss der 10jährige Krümel sich alleine in den Straßen Rotterdams durchschlagen. An seine Eltern erinnert ihn nur ein Medaillon mit zwei Bildern. Erst als Frau Koster im sterben liegt, verrät sie Krümel den Namen seiner Mutter. Der Junge beschließt, sich auf die Suche nach seinen Eltern zu machen. Dabei gerät er in unzähligen Gefahren und Abenteuer. Eine Zeitlang nimmt der gutmütige Ladenbesitzer Wilkes ihn auf, doch über Nacht brennt dessen Haus vollständig ab. Krümel kommt in ein Waisenhaus, wo er es aber nicht lange aushält, bevor er wieder ausbüchst. Eines abends besucht der musikbegeisterte Junge das Klavierkonzert einer berühmten Pianistin. Danach wird er ausgerechnet von dem Auto der schönen Klavierspielerin angefahren. Die junge Dame nimmt ihn mit zu sich nach Hause und macht eine unglaubliche Entdeckung ...
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 (Ruud Feltkamp). His poverty-stricken mother Lize van Dien (Thekla Reuten) filled with shame was forced to turn him over to Mrs. Koster (Sacha Bulthuis) 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 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 (Ruud Feltkamp). His poverty-stricken mother Lize van Dien (Thekla Reuten) filled with shame was forced to turn him over to Mrs. Koster (Sacha Bulthuis) 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.