Film
Young Kees
Netherlands- Age rating
- AL
- Director
- André van Duren
- Year
- 2003
Enchanted by the magic of your own imagination
Little boy Kees is based on the famous classical masterpiece by Theo Thijssen and deals with a twelve year old Amsterdam schoolboy who grows up at the end of the 19th century in the Jordaan (part of Amsterdam. Kees Bakels is a dreamer who seeks refuge from reality with wild imagination where he dares more than in real life. Through his fathers illness and his young love for Rosa Overbeek he develops himself as someone who acts and assumes responsibility.
Top cast
Ruud Feltkamp
Kees Bakels
Theo Maassen
Vader Bakels
Serge-Henri Valcke
Franse toerist
Hannah Cheney
Rosa Overbeek
Ger van der Grijn
Man in Raam
Sebas Berman
van Dam - klasgenoot
Yannick van de Velde
De Veer - klasgenoot
Monic Hendrickx
Moeder Bakels
Floris van Bommel
Klant
Merel Hulzink
Truusje Bakels
Joep Onderdelinden
Gymnastiekmeester
Hans Kesting
Meester
Tjitske Reidinga
Juffrouw Dubois
Tanja Jess
Tante Jeanne
Frederik Brom
Oom Dirk
Nelly Frijda
Opoe Bakels
Friso van Ham
Donker
Mits Hommeles
Tom Bakels
Directed by
André van Duren
Written by
Maarten Lebens, Bob in 't Hout
Produced by
Matthijs van Heijningen