Whitey ( 1934 )

Overview

The first movie version, from the age of black & white, of Flemish (heimat-)author Ernest Claes' classical novel, titled after the nickname (Dutch 'the White', referring to a blond male) of the main character: a smart but naughty farmhand's son whose eternal mischief, pranks and disobedience drive his elders (especially teachers, family and father's grumpy employer, a rich farmer) and classmates to despair in a time when a boy's punishment was still inevitable, swift and often severe.

Top Cast

Jef Bruyninckx

De witte

Magda Janssens

Moeder

Jef Van Leemput Sr.

Vader

Jef Van Leemput Jr.

Mulder

Gaston Smet

Niske

Nora Oosterwijk

Treske

Nand Buyl

Makker (I)

Willem Benoy

Hoofdonderwijzer

Remy Angenot

Mijnheer Boon

Willem Cauwenberg

Onderwijzer

Wim De Gruyter

Makker (II)

Jules Dirickx

Frida Gonissen

Marieke

Germaine Loosveldt

Vrouw van Mulder

Jozef Sterkens

Tenor

Betty Van Roey

Marie-Louise

Ida Wasserman

Lieske