King of Devil's Island
Production
Budget
$54 000 000
Revenue
$4 360 391
Director
Marius Holst
Scenario
Mette M. Bølstad
Author
Composer
Johan Söderqvist
Producer
Karin Julsrud
Actors
Stellan Skarsgård
Bestyrer Håkon
Benjamin Helstad
Erling / C-19
Kristoffer Joner
Husfar Bråthen
Trond Nilssen
Olav / C-1
Morten Løvstad
Øystein
Daniel Berg
Johan
Odin Gineson Brøderud
Axel
Magnar Botten
Lillegutt
Short description
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.
What's left behind the scenes
- The film is based on real events that took place at a prison on the Norwegian island of Bastøy in 1915.
- The filming of the movie was organized in Estonia.
- Director Marius Holst spent a year searching for actors to play the young prisoners.
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