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Whitey (1934)

Whitey (1934)

Comedy
Release Date: 1934, June 26
Directors: Jan Vanderheyden
Countries: Belgium
Production: Jan Vanderheyden-Film
Cast: Nand Buyl, Germaine Loosveldt, Jef Bruyninckx, Nora Oosterwijk, Magda Janssens, Gaston Smet, Remy Angenot, Jef Van Leemput Sr., Willem Benoy, Frida Gonissen, Jef Van Leemput Jr., Willem Cauwenberg

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.