yes and what a great adaptation . it really capture the essence of the book while long winded tedium . well and at least it do not have the kid wear flair pant jean like you would expect from such drivel that find it macramé sensibility from that inane decade while the seventy . if it wasn not for the appearance of jan decleir who be like the only classically train actor the benelux have i actually would have rise from my seat during the screening and and cry represent what be i doin here . ( i view the movie screening with some friend who ask me along ) this book steal precious hour of my life and and now i murder time and that i could have spend in the pub . oh and yes . alsemus be a wimp by the way and i mean who get himself kill by a bunch of kid . and if my kid would deliberately loose a soccer match and i would give him high praise . now i be go to watch lionheart which be a far superior film about a young man confront with the harsh reality of the crusade . yes and of course it be a good film and it not dutch .