De Scheepsjongens van Bontekoe

De Scheepsjongens van Bontekoe (English translation: "The Ship-boys of Bontekoe") is a 2007 Dutch family film, directed by Steven de Jong. The film received a Golden Film for 100,000 visitors. The film is based on the book De Scheepsjongens van Bontekoe. In the film three of the boys play the central roles: Hajo, Rolf, and Padde, while Harmen is here an adult. In the film after the ship wreck the four plus Hein Rol and two other men are in a lifeboat. They do not make a sail but row. They assume that Bontekoe is dead. One of the men dies. The remaining six meet locals and trade with them. Rol and another man try to steal from the locals, after which the six are attacked. The three boys together with local girl Dolimah move on. After...