BosBros is the producer of the children’s series Otje, based on the character by author Annie M.G. Schmidt. Otje tells the story about the eight-year-old Otje and her easily agitated father Tos. They live in the attic of the, almost bankrupt, hotel ‘De Koperwiek’, where Tos has a job as a cook. Otje is a boyish girl that loves to play outside. She’s got a secret tree-house and is friends with Betsy the cat, Boef the dog and all the birds in the forest, where is talks to as well. Tos is a bit sceptic about Otje’s relationships with animals and doesn’t believe that she has the ability to communicate with them.
Otje and her father Tos experience a lot of adventures. One day, they are forced to leave their small apartment in the ‘Koperwiek’, the place where Otje loves to lives because her father gets fired. But in the end, it all turns out fine. They find their way back to the hotel by buying it. Now she can live her life like it was before, and has her old animal friends back!
Year of production 1998 | Age 6+ | Length 13 x 25 minutes
Nico de Vries
Freek van Muiswinkel
Bea Meulman
Peter Bolhuis
Joost Prinsen
Carol van Herwijnen
Koen Franse
Simone van Dusseldorp, Joram Lürsen
SCREENPLAY
Tamara Bos
BROADCASTER
AVRO
SALES
In The Air
D.O.P.
Onno van der Wal
EDITOR
Peter Alderliesten, Herman P. Koerts
SOUND DESIGN
Peter Flamman
MUSIC
Johan Hoogeboom, Maarten van Roozendaal
PRODUCTION DESIGN
Anet Wilgenhof
COSTUME DESIGN
Moos Petit
MAKE UP AND HAIR
Saskia Ellemeet
PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR
Debby de Jong
GAFFER
Wietze Vos
SOUND
Rik Meier, Leo Franssen
STILLS
Dinand van der Wall
Nomination Best Series – Cinekid Film Festival 1999