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“Ciske de Rat” belongs to the Dickensean “little man’s hard life” model and tells a deceptively simple story about a boy in modern Netherlands. Persecution, loneliness, adults’ hostility, fear, mixture of obstinacy and tenderness, and even an imprisonment. Excellent camera movement and delicate portraying of Ciske’s fragile soul put this film out of merely historical context and ensure its place in the history of great cinema.Read moreLess
“Ciske de Rat” belongs to the Dickensean “little man’s hard life” model and tells a deceptively simple story about a boy in modern Netherlands. Persecution, loneliness, adults’ hostility, fear, mixture of obstinacy and tenderness, and even an imprisonment. Excellent camera movement and delicate portraying of Ciske’s fragile soul put this film out of merely historical context and ensure its place in the history of great cinema.
The story
“Ciske de Rat” belongs to the Dickensean “little man’s hard life” model and tells a deceptively simple story about a boy in modern Netherlands. Persecution, loneliness, adults’ hostility, fear, mixture of obstinacy and tenderness, and even an imprisonment. Excellent camera movement and delicate portraying of Ciske’s fragile soul put this film out of merely historical context and ensure its place in the history of great cinema.
Cast & crew
Kees BrusseOnderwijzer Bruis
Riek SchagenTante Jans
Lies FrankenSuus Bruis
Rob de VriesCiske's vader
Cees LaseurDhr. Van Loon
Paul SteenbergenLeraar Maatsuyker
Jan TeulingsCast
Guus OsterCastExplore the crew
- Director
- Wolfgang Staudte
- Writer
- Piet Bakker
- Writer
- Wolfgang Staudte
- Editor
- Lien d'Oliveyra
- Producer
- Hans Boekman
- Director of Photography
- Prosper Dekeukeleire
- Original Music Composer
- Steye van Brandenberg
- Producer
- Co ter Linden