Abeltje (6+)
A classic children's film based on the book by Annie M. G. Schmidt. It follows an eleven-year-old boy who gets a job as a lift operator in a department store. When he presses the wrong button, he and the lift are whisked away to New York.
Children’s film about Abel Roef (11) who gets a job in the boring town of Middelum as a liftboy at the Knots department store. Things go wrong on the very first day. Abel presses the wrong button and flies through the roof into the wide world with three lift passengers: his ex-girlfriend Laura, the singing teacher Miss Klaterhoen and the mothball salesman Mr Tump. The lift finally lands in New York City and Abel joins his passengers in a maelstrom of adventures.
Abeltje was awarded a Golden Calf (the Dutch Oscar) for Best Film in 1999.