Karin Loomans

Young Barend is worried about the safety of the sailing vessel he is on. The owner is an unscrupulous and stingy man who skimps on repairs and Barend becomes aware of this. Inevitably there is drama and tragedy. The film is set in an early 20th century Dutch fishing village with local period costume and colour.

The actual life and the fiction created by a successful pulp author begin to blend together.

En el Amsterdam de 1955, Ciske, un chico de 11 años de edad, vive en una barriada. Su madre trabaja en un bar y su padre está fuera de casa. Ciske, pese a su corta edad, se propone combatir las injusticias de la vida, pese a que ello le traerá más de un problema... (FILMAFFINITY)

Erik is trying to avoid the Nazi occupants and stay out of the hands of the Germans. Instead he is trying to be in Elly's arms.