The Flying Liftboy

This article is about the film. For the children's book, see Abeltje.

Abeltje
Theatrical release poster
Directed byBen Sombogaart[1]
Screenplay byBurny Bos
Based onAbeltje
by Annie M. G. Schmidt
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyReinier van Brummelen
Edited byHerman P. Koets
Music byHenny Vrienten
Production
companies
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • 26 November 1998 (1998-11-26)
Running time
110 minutes
CountryNetherlands
Languages
  • Dutch
  • English
  • Spanish

The Flying Liftboy (Dutch: Abeltje) is a 1998 Dutch family adventure film directed by Ben Sombogaart and written and produced by Burny Bos,[2] based on the 1953 Dutch children's book Abeltje by Annie M. G. Schmidt.

The film was released on 26 November 1998 in the Netherlands by Warner Bros. under their Family Entertainment label, It won the Golden Calf for Best Feature Film.[3][4][5] The film was later re-edited into a seven-episode miniseries for television by AVRO in 2000.[6]

  1. ^ "Abeltje, James Bond voor kinderen" (in Dutch). Filmkrant. Archived from the original on 8 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Burny Bos, Iedereen heeft het over Abeltje" (in Dutch). Filmkrant. Archived from the original on 8 August 2016.
  3. ^ "Filmoverzicht".
  4. ^ "Abeltje - VPRO Cinema".
  5. ^ "Abeltje".
  6. ^ "Abeltje (2000)". KinderTV Gehuegen (in Dutch).