BosBros is the producer of the family feature film Abeltje, based on the children’s book by author Annie M.G. Schmidt.
The 11-year old boy, Abel Roef, gets a job in the boring town of Middelum as liftboy at the Knots department store. Things go wrong on the very first day. Abel presses the wrong button and flies through the roof into the wide world with three lift passengers: his ex-girlfriend Laura, the singing teacher Miss Klaterhoen and the mothball salesman Mr Tump. The lift finally lands in New York City and Abel joins his passengers in a maelstrom of adventures.
Year of production 1998 | Age All ages | Length 110 minutes
Soraya Smith
Marisa van Eyle
Frits Lambrechts
Carry Tefsen
Annet Malherbe
Rene van ‘t Hof
Cas Enklaar
Rijk de Gooijer
Kees Hulst
Nelly Frijda
Michiel Romeyn
SCREENPLAY Burny Bos
DISTRIBUTION Warner Bros NL, In The Air
BROADCASTER AVRO, VRT, WDR
D.O.P. Reinier van Brummelen
EDITOR Herman P. Koerts
SOUNDDESIGN Peter Flamman
MUSIC Henny Vrienten
PRODUCTION DESIGN Henri de Maar
COSTUME DESIGN Heleen Heintjes
MAKE UP AND HAIR Leendert van Nimwegen
PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR Debby de Jong
GAFFER Frank van Zutphen
SOUND Erik Langhout
STILLS Dinand van der Wal
Golden Calf for Best Feature Film and Best Actrice & TV-Film Award – NFF 1999
Audience Choice Award – Montreal International Children’s Film Festival 1999
Premio de Publico de Nino Festival International de Cine 1999