
The Little Shipowner
Top 9 Billed Cast
Dame
Karel
Schipper
Zoon
Zoon
Zeiler

De kleine reder
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Overview
A film made for television, based on the book of the same name by Libera Carlier. A Flemish family decides to spend the summer holidays on de Schelde. Father Janssen buys a second-hand boat and together with his wife and two sons he sets sail. What follows is a sequence of pleasant moments and disappointments, watched by the sceptical mother Janssen.
Release Date
1988-02-14
Average
10
Rating:
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