The Flying Liftboy

Abeltje
Directed by Ben Sombogaart
Written by Burny Bos (writer), Annie M.G. Schmidt (novel)
Release dates
 November 26, 1998
Running time
 110 minutes
Country Netherlands
Language Dutch

The Flying Liftboy or Abeltje is a 1998 Dutch film directed by Ben Sombogaart. The film was based on the 1953 Dutch children's book Abeltje by Annie M. G. Schmidt.

Cast

Awards

Plot summary

Young Abeltje gets a job as a liftboy in a department store. His boss tells him that he may not press the elevator's top (green) button under any circumstances. One time, when Abeltje gets into trouble, he presses the button, and the elevator goes shooting out the building and flies off.

Trapped with him on the elevator are a travelling mothball salesman, Jozias Tump; a singing instructor, Miss Klaterhoen, and a young girl, Laura. They fly across the ocean and eventually arrive in New York City, where they land in Central Park. In New York, Abeltje is mistaken for another boy who has gone missing. They leave New York and fly to South America, where Tump is made president of a banana republic and the missing boy is freed. A coup against Tump breaks out and the foursome once again manage to escape with their lift.

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 10/25/2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.