Leentje van de zee

Leentje van de zee (1928)

Drama

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.

Director: François Frijters

Casts

	Joe Francky as Harry Smits
	François Frijters as Rechter
	Roland Frijters as Kleine Jaak Rens
	Yvonne Breemans (Ive Bramé) as Leentje
	Freddy Winkeleer (Freddy Wells) as Jaak Rens
	Henri Roeland (Pietro Rollando as Onnozele strandloper
	José Hermina as Marie Smits
	Carola Lody as Jaaks Moeder
	John Smiths (Tom Mitchie) as John Janssens
	Leon De Clerck as Armand Harmstrong
	Emile Breemans as Pastoor
	Jan Roosemans as Advocaat
	Ernest Van Look as Openbaar Ministerie aanklager
	Maria Van Gester- as Leentje als kind
	Frans Schluter as Veldwachter
	John Lauwert as Kleine John Janssens

Crew