Whitey

Release Date: 1934-06-26

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.

Rating: 7.7 / 10

Cast

Jef Bruyninckx

as De witte

Magda Janssens

as Moeder

Jef Van Leemput Sr.

as Vader

Jef Van Leemput Jr.

as Mulder

Gaston Smet

as Niske