Whitey (film)

Whitey
Theatrical release poster
De Witte van Sichem
Directed byRobbe De Hert
Written byFernand Auwera
Ernest Claes
Based onDe Witte
by Ernest Claes
Produced byHenk Van Soom
Roland Verhavert
StarringEric Clerckx
Willy Vandermeulen
Blanka Heirman
Paul S Jongers
CinematographyTheo van de Sande
Walther Vanden Ende
Edited byTon de Graaff
Music byJürgen Knieper
Release date
  • March 25, 1980 (1980-03-25) (Belgium)
Running time
108 minutes
CountryBelgium
LanguageBrabantian dialect

Whitey, original title: De Witte van Sichem, is a Belgian film by Robbe De Hert released in 1980.[1] The film is an adaptation of Ernest Claes' novel De Witte. It is the second adaptation of the book. The other film was released in 1934 as De Witte. The title Whitey refers to the nickname of the main character: Louis Verheyden, a naughty blond boy of eleven years old.[2]

  1. ^ "De Witte van Sichem" (in Dutch). tv.apple.com/. 11 November 2023.
  2. ^ "De Witte (1980)" (in Dutch). moviemeter.nl (published 2 December 2022). 11 November 2023.