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Ciske the Rat (1955)

Ciske the Rat (1955)

Drama
Release Date: 1955, October 7
Directors: Wolfgang Staudte
Countries: Netherlands
Production: Filmproduktiemaatschappij Amsterdam, Filmtrust
Cast: Kees Brusse, Riek Schagen, Paul Steenbergen, Lies Franken, Rob de Vries, Dick van der Velde, Jenny van Maerlant, Stine Lerou, Katja Ernst, Cees Laseur

Overview:

“Ciske de Rat” belongs to the Dickensean “little man’s hard life” model and tells a deceptively simple story about a boy in modern Netherlands. Persecution, loneliness, adults’ hostility, fear, mixture of obstinacy and tenderness, and even an imprisonment. Excellent camera movement and delicate portraying of Ciske’s fragile soul put this film out of merely historical context and ensure its place in the history of great cinema.