Leentje van de zee (1928)

Plot Summary

A young girl survives a shipwreck and is found and subsequently raised by the fisherman Harry Smits. He gives her the name Leentje from the Sea. When she grows up, she becomes engaged to Jaak Rens. Harmstrong, a tourist, tries to seduce her with stories about city life. The next day, he is found with a knife in his back. Jaak Rens is taken in as a suspect, but a mentally challenged beachcomber, who has been protecting Leentje since her childhood, turns out to be the murderer. During the trial, the judge recognizes the birthmark he had placed on Leentje’s arm at birth and realizes that she is his daughter. After the trial Jaak and Leentje marry.

Full Cast & Characters

Joe Francky

Harry Smits

François Frijters

Rechter

Roland Frijters

Kleine Jaak Rens

Yvonne Breemans (Ive Bramé)

Leentje

Freddy Winkeleer (Freddy Wells)

Jaak Rens

Henri Roeland (Pietro Rollando

Onnozele strandloper

José Hermina

Marie Smits

Carola Lody

Jaaks Moeder

John Smiths (Tom Mitchie)

John Janssens

Leon De Clerck

Armand Harmstrong

Emile Breemans

Pastoor

Jan Roosemans

Advocaat

Director & Crew

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