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Frogs & Toads
Frogs & Toads

Frogs & Toads

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AdventureDramaFamily

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Six year old Max has an important mission: find some frogspawn for his older brother. Together with his neighbour girlfriend Jesse he makes an adventurous and touching journey along fields, farms, animals and a forest which eventually leads to his grandma's home. There he's welcomed by his grandma, her pancakes and the desired frogspawn . On his overwhelming journey through nature he's accompanied by cheerful childrens songs.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Dutch

Runtime

75 mins

Rating

5.9/10

Release Date

01 April 2009

Country

Netherlands

Cast

Nino den Brave

Nino den Brave

Max

Whitney Franker

Whitney Franker

Jesse

Georgina Verbaan

Georgina Verbaan

Heleen

Juul Vrijdag

Juul Vrijdag

Grandma

Remko Vrijdag

Remko Vrijdag

busdriver Arie

Quintis Ristie

Quintis Ristie

father of Jesse

Thijs Goedknegt

Thijs Goedknegt

Jannus

Bartek Kowalczyk

Bartek Kowalczyk

Polish Boy

Olaf Malmberg

Olaf Malmberg

Doctor

Laura Mastwijk

Laura Mastwijk

Farmer's Daughter

Bert van der Roest

Bert van der Roest

Garbage Man

Wimie Wilhelm

Wimie Wilhelm

Female Busdriver

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