---
title: 'The Flying Liftboy (1998)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Ben Sombogaart'
released: '1998-11-26'
runtime_minutes: 110
countries:
  - 'Netherlands'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-flying-liftboy-1998'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0124272/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Flying Liftboy (1998)

1998 · 110 min · Netherlands

Original title: Abeltje

## Synopsis

The Flying Liftboy, also known as Abel, the Flying Liftboy is a 1998 Dutch family adventure film directed by Ben Sombogaart and written and produced by Burny Bos, based on the 1953 Dutch children's book Abeltje by Annie M.G. Schmidt. It stars Ricky van Gastel, Soraya Smith, Frits Lambrechts, Marisa van Eyle and Annet Malherbe. It is the first feature film to be adapted from Schmidt's books.

## Credits

- **Original Music Composer:** [Henny Vrienten](https://cinepixo.com/people/henny-vrienten)
- **Director:** [Ben Sombogaart](https://cinepixo.com/people/ben-sombogaart)
- **Screenplay:** [Burny Bos](https://cinepixo.com/people/burny-bos)
- **Producer:** [Burny Bos](https://cinepixo.com/people/burny-bos)
- **Director of Photography:** [Reinier van Brummelen](https://cinepixo.com/people/reinier-van-brummelen)

## Cast

- [Rick van Gastel](https://cinepixo.com/people/rick-van-gastel)
- [Victor Löw](https://cinepixo.com/people/victor-low)
- [Henny Vrienten](https://cinepixo.com/people/henny-vrienten)
- [Frits Lambrechts](https://cinepixo.com/people/frits-lambrechts)
- [Annet Malherbe](https://cinepixo.com/people/annet-malherbe)
- [Afroditi-Piteni Bijker](https://cinepixo.com/people/afroditi-piteni-bijker)
- [Carine Crutzen](https://cinepixo.com/people/carine-crutzen)
- [Leny Breederveld](https://cinepixo.com/people/leny-breederveld)
- [Herman Koch](https://cinepixo.com/people/herman-koch)
- [Marisa van Eyle](https://cinepixo.com/people/marisa-van-eyle)

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