Kongen av Bastøy King of Devil's Island /
Kongen av Bastøy King of Devil's Island / [videorecording] =
King of Devil's Island
4 1/2 Film ; MACT Productions ; St Paul Film ; Opus Film ; story by Lars Saabye Christensen ; producer, Karin Julsrud ; written by Dennis Magnusson ; directed by Marius Holst.
, Norway.
- [United States] : Film Movement, 2011.
- 1 videodisc (ca. 116 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Benjamin Helstad, Kristoffer Joner, Stellan Skarsgard, Trond Nilssen.
Seventeen-year-old Erling is a rumored murderer and therefore sent to the Bastoy Boys Home correctional facility. Once there he clashes with the island facility's governor who believes manual labor, rigid discipline, and harsh punishment is the only way to turn these boys around. Refusing to accept the constant abuse, Erling leads the boys in a violent uprising that will bring them head to head with no less than the Norwegian Army.
DVD, NTSC, region 1, widescreen.
Norwegian dialogue; English subtitles; closed captioned.
616892166467
16646 Film Movement
Prisons--Drama.
Riots--Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Horror films.
Benjamin Helstad, Kristoffer Joner, Stellan Skarsgard, Trond Nilssen.
Seventeen-year-old Erling is a rumored murderer and therefore sent to the Bastoy Boys Home correctional facility. Once there he clashes with the island facility's governor who believes manual labor, rigid discipline, and harsh punishment is the only way to turn these boys around. Refusing to accept the constant abuse, Erling leads the boys in a violent uprising that will bring them head to head with no less than the Norwegian Army.
DVD, NTSC, region 1, widescreen.
Norwegian dialogue; English subtitles; closed captioned.
616892166467
16646 Film Movement
Prisons--Drama.
Riots--Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Horror films.