Ciske the Rat
movie
View on VideBits →Lovable Amsterdam street urchin, 11 year old Ciske is nevertheless much in need of love as the Dutch 1984 title suggests. He is a scamp with a heart of gold. He causes havoc in the classroom pouring ink over his teacher yet when a polio-crippled boy joins the class Ciske is one of the only children to befriend him and is bullied as a result. His mother works in a bar and Ciske helps out often late into the night - his father is at sea and his mother supplements her income with prostitution. Ciske is also a very angry young man and he smoulders with rage at life's injustices.
Cast & crew
Carolien van den Berg · Danny de Munk · Herman van Veen · Ingeborg Uyt den Boogaard · Linda van Dyck · Peter Faber · Rijk de Gooyer · Rudi Falkenhagen · Willeke van Ammelrooy · Willem Nijholt · Guido Pieters · Karin Loomans