King of Devil's Island
Kongen av Bastøy
2010, Film, 116 min, Drama, Norwegian, Norway, MoviePedia score 71
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.
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Directed by Marius Holst
Cast
- Benjamin Helstad as C-19
- Trond Nilssen as C-1
- Stellan Skarsgård as Bestyrer Håkon
- Kristoffer Joner as Husfar Bråthen
- Magnus Langlete as C-5
- Morten Løvstad as Øystein
- Daniel Berg as Johan
- Odin Gineson Brøderud as Axel
- Magnar Botten as Lillegutt
- Markus Brustad as Jan
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