''Erik of het klein insectenboek'' (
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translation: ''Erik or the small book of insects'') is a 2004
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family film, based on the homonymous book of
Godfried Bomans
Godfried Jan Arnold Bomans (2 March 1913 – 22 December 1971) was a Dutch author and television personality. Much of his work remains untranslated into English.
Life and career
Godfried Bomans was born in The Hague and grew up in and aroun ...
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Erik of het klein insectenboek
''Eric in the Land of the Insects'', originally called ''Erik of het klein insectenboek'' (English: Erik or the small book of insects) in Dutch, is a 1941 Dutch children's novel by Godfried Bomans. It is widely seen as a children's classic and Bo ...
''. It was co-produced with among others the Danish company
Zeitgeist
In 18th- and 19th-century German philosophy, a ''Zeitgeist'' () ("spirit of the age") is an invisible agent, force or Daemon dominating the characteristics of a given epoch in world history.
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The film received a
Golden Film for 100,000 visitors.
Cast
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Jasper Oldenhof as Erik
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Anne-Mieke Ruyten as Erik's mother
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Yale Sackman as Rosalie
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Stany Crets Stany may refer to the following places:
* Stany, Lubusz Voivodeship (west Poland)
* Stany, Silesian Voivodeship (south Poland)
* Stany, Subcarpathian Voivodeship (south-east Poland)
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as grasshopper
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Peter Van Den Begin
Peter Alfons Christiaan Van Den Begin (born 25 October 1964 in Berchem) is a Belgian
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as centipede
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Jaak Van Assche as Erik's grandfather
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Jörgen Raymann as bumblebee
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Marius Gottlieb as Papilio
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Lenette van Dongen as teacher
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Alfred van den Heuvel
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*''Alfred J. Kwak'', Dutch-German-Japanese anime television series
* ''Alfred'' (Arne opera), a 1740 masque by Thomas Arne
* ''Alfred'' (Dvořák), an 1870 opera by Antonín Dvořák
*"Alfred (Interlu ...
as Mister Vliesvleugel
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2004 films
Dutch children's films
2000s Dutch-language films
Dutch fantasy films
Films based on Dutch novels
Films about insects
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