The Pocket-knife
1992 Dutch film by Ben Sombogaart
- Olivier Tuinier
- Adelheid Roosen
- Genio De Groot
- Verno Romney
- Roger Verhaart
- Karel von Kleist
Production
companies
companies
- Bos Bros. Film & TV Productions
- AVRO
Release date
- October 15, 1992 (1992-10-15)
Running time
The Pocket-knife (Dutch: Het Zakmes) is a 1992 Dutch children's film directed by Ben Sombogaart and written by Sjoerd Kuyper, based on his novel Het Zakmes. The film won several awards, including a Golden Calf Best Director Award.[1]
Plot
The story is about a 6-year-old boy named Mees Grobben who tries to return his friend Tim's penknife but faces difficulties because Tim has moved to Flevoland. He has to keep his quest a secret because he is forbidden to carry a knife. Eventually, he enters a talent contest, hoping to get a message to his friend through a song.
Cast
- Olivier Tuinier ... Mees Grobben
- Adelheid Roosen ... Mees' moeder
- Genio De Groot ... Mees' vader
- Verno Romney ... Tim
- Beppie Melissen ... Strenge juf
- Maxim Hartman ... Bert Boot
- Samantha Angenent ... Majorette
- Priscilla Blanken ... Majorette
- Roel Dekker ... Postbode
- Esther Gast ... Floormanager
- Sietze Greydanis ... Jongen met viool
- Karin van Holst Pellekaan ... Baliedame
- Jaap Hoogstra ... Oudere heer
- Kees Hulst ... Meneer Hollenberg
- Heleen Hummelen ... Lokettiste
- Frits Jansma ... Drukker
- Ellen Röhrman ... Reizigster
- Sarah Sijlbing ... Cynthia
- Sebastiaan Spaan ... Eduard
- Maria Tap ... Haastige mevrouw
- Wil van der Meer ... Muziekwinkelier
- Almara van Gijn ... Majorette
- Kirsten Wilkeshuis ... Meisje met gitaar
References
- ^ Golden Calf winners earlier editions
External links
- Het Zakmes at IMDb
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Films produced by Burny Bos
- The Pocket-knife (1992)
- The Boy Who Stopped Talking (1996)
- Mijn Franse tante Gazeuse (1997)
- The Flying Liftboy (1998)
- Miss Minoes (2001)
- Yes Nurse! No Nurse! (2002)
- Tow Truck Pluck (2004)
- My Brother Is a Dog (2004)
- Winky's Horse (2005)
- Gruesome School Trip (2005)
- Ben X (2007)
- Where Is Winky's Horse? (2007)
- Morrison krijgt een zusje (2008)
- Hoe overleef ik mezelf? (2008)
- Dolfje Weerwolfje (2011)
- The Zigzag Kid (2012)
- Wiplala (2014)
- Meester Kikker (2016)
- Adios Amigos (2016)
- Romy's Salon (2019)
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