KING OF DEVIL'S ISLAND
by Marius Holst
synopsis
Based on true events, the film is set in 1915, on the island of Bastøy, in an Oslo fjord, at an institution for troubled young boys. A new inmate arrives and after a tragic event, he leads the boys to a violent uprising. After they overtake the island, a company of soldiers is brought ashore to restore order.
international title: | King of Devil's Island |
original title: | Kongen av Bastøy |
country: | Norway, France, Sweden, Poland |
sales agent: | Les Films du Losange |
year: | 2010 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Marius Holst |
film run: | 145' |
release date: | NO 17/12/2010, SE 17/06/2011, EE 28/10/2011, FR 23/11/2011, GR 08/12/2011, NL 08/12/2011, BE 21/12/2011, DE 29/03/2012 |
screenplay: | Dennis Magnusson, Eric Schmid |
cast: | Stellan Skarsgård, Kristoffer Joner, Benjamin Helstad, Kimmo Rajala, Ellen Dorrit Petersen, Trond Nilssen, Morten Løvstad, Magnus Langlete |
cinematography by: | John Andreas Andersen |
film editing: | Michal Leszczylowski |
art director: | Janusz Sosnowski |
costumes designer: | Katja Watkins |
music: | Johan Söderqvist |
producer: | Karin Julsrud, Antoine de Clermont-Tonnerre, Mathilde Dedye, Fredrik Heinig, Ewa Puszczynska, Johannes Åhlund |
production: | 4 1/2 Film AS, MACT Productions, St Paul Film, Opus Film |
backing: | Norwegian Film Institute |
distributor: | Euforia Film, Les Films du Losange, O'Brother Distribution, Amstelfilm, A Contracorriente Films, Alamode Film |