King of Devil's Island (2010)
Release Date
2010-12-16
Rating
7
Duration
117 min
Keywords
suicide island sexual abuse escape forced labour based on true story riot norway beating punishment humiliation reform school juvenile detention center starving 1910s
Qualities
Norwegian winter, 1915. On the island Bastøy, outside Oslo, a group of young boys aged 11 to 18, are held in an institution for delinquent youth, notorious for its sadistic regime. One day a new boy, Erling, arrives, determined to escape from the island. After a tragic incident, he ends up leading the boys in a violent uprising. When the boys manage to take over the island, 150 soldiers are sent in to restore order.
