The film is based on the popular Dutch childrens book by Chris van Abkoude. In a Dutch port in 1921 lives a 10-year-old orphan boy known to everyone simply as Little Crumb. His poverty-stricken mother Lize van Dien filled with shame was forced to turn him over to Mrs. Koster soon after he was born. Foster mother Mrs. Koster, who has cared for him since he was a baby, is very poor too, unable to support him by herself and proves to be a cruel taskmaster who insists Crumb bring her money before shell feed him. Somehow he must earn his keep out on the streets and can only go home after he has earned enough money. Crumb becomes an urchin stealing from the streets barrows and the shops to stay alive, sleeping in churches or huddled in doorways. Sometimes he has to run off from the police and he has earned the enmity of the most grownups around him.
| Production | Mignon Huisman | Co-Producer |
| Directing | Maria Peters | Director |
| Writing | Maria Peters | Scenario Writer |
| Directing | Rob Blomkwist | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Arjan Eekels | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Kim Klaase | Third Assistant Director |
| Directing | Elly Verduyckt | Continuity |
| Crew | Elly Verduyckt | Script |
| Writing | Johannes Hogebrink | Storyboard |
| Camera | Hein Groot | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Luc Brefeld | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Ruben Impens | Clapper Loader |
| Lighting | Erno Das | Lighting Director |
| Lighting | Daan de Boer | Lighting Production Assistant |
| Lighting | Maarten Rijnbeek | Electrician |
| Camera | Geert van Blokland | Grip |
| Art | Hemmo Sportel | Art Direction |
| Art | Mariette van Sisseren | Assistant Art Director |
| Art | Jaap Hoek | Set Decoration |
| Art | Fleur Ankone | Assistant Set Decoration |
| Art | Gerard Looman | Assistant Set Decoration |
| Art | Johan Knibbe | Assistant Set Decoration |
| Art | Steven van Couwelaar | Set Dresser |
| Art | Arthur Appelman | Set Dresser |
| Art | Janneke van Loon | Assistant Set Dresser |
| Art | René de Gooyer | Runner Art Department |
| Art | Gert Jan van Dijk | Runner Art Department |
| Art | Tijmen van Dijk | Runner Art Department |
| Art | Fulvio Ferraris | Runner Art Department |
| Art | Rob Bos | Construction Manager |
| Costume & Make-Up | Bernadette Corstens | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Celine Allix | Costume Assistant |
| Costume & Make-Up | Els Cuppens | Costume Assistant |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mariël Hoevenaars | Makeup Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Katja Deibel | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marjon Hoogendoorn | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Pilo Pilkes | Wig Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sjoerd Didden | Wig Designer |
| Production | Hans Pos | Producer |
| Production | Dave Schram | Producer |
| Production | Mark Vandecruys | Co-Producer |
| Production | Peter Jan Brouwer | Production Manager |
| Production | Manna Nasht | Assistant Production Manager |
| Production | Wendy Tjon A Hie | Production Coordinator |
| Art | Paul Marbus | Location Scout |
| Production | Wynand Chocolaad | Location Manager |
| Production | Boudewijn Visser | Location Manager |
| Production | Pepe Everts | Assistant Location Manager |
| Crew | Willem de Beukelaer | Stunt Coordinator |
| Crew | Martin Lader | Stunts |
| Crew | Marco Maas | Stunts |
| Crew | Michel Struik | Stunts |
| Crew | Diana Wiersma | Stunts |
| Visual Effects | Jos Claesen | Visual Effects Director |
| Visual Effects | Toon Roebben | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Walter van Cleynenbreugel | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Lynn Cohen | Visual Effects Production Manager |
| Visual Effects | Joel Labby | Visual Effects Technical Director |
| Editing | Ot Louw | Editor |
| Editing | Petro van Leeuwen | Colorist |
| Sound | Henny Vrienten | Music |
| Sound | Leo Franssen | Sound |
| Sound | Sophie Determeyer | Sound Assistant |
| Sound | Oscar Verhoeve | Sound Supervisor |
| Sound | Danny Slokker | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Marcel Warnas | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Valery Simons | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Dieter Hebben | Foley Artist |
| Sound | Sebastian Heidloff | Foley Recordist |
| Production | Job Gosschalk | Casting |
| Production | Wim Serlie | Casting |
| Production | Janek Boerland | Extras Casting |
| Camera | Catrien Ariens | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Jan Schut | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Simone Henken | Still Photographer |
