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.
Jef Bruyninckx | De Witte |
Magda Janssens | |
Jef Van Leemput Sr. | |
Jef Van Leemput Jr. | |
Gaston Smet | |
Nora Oosterwijk | |
Nand Buyl | |
Willem Benoy | |
Remy Angenot | Mijnheer Boon |
Willem Cauwenberg | Onderwijzer |
Wim De Gruyter | Makker (II) |
Jules Dirickx |