Children's Island (1980)
1h 44m
Running Time
December 25, 1980Release Date
Children's Island (1980)
1h 44m
Running Time
December 25, 1980Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
Reine is supposed to go to a summer camp called Children's Island but decides to remain in Stockholm over the summer while his mother is working at a hospital. She thinks he is at the camp, and he tells her he is. We then follow him around Stockholm that summer and see what he encounters on the path of life.
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Cast & Crew.
Tomas Fryk
Reine Larsson
Anita Ekström
Harriet Larsson
Ingvar Hirdwall
Stig Utler
Börje Ahlstedt
Hester
Lars-Erik Berenett
Esbjörn
Sif Ruud
Mrs. Bergman-Ritz
Hjördis Petterson
Olga
Malin Ek
Kristina
Lena Granhagen
Helen
Majlis Granlund
Lotten
Maria Dehnisch
Birgitta
Maud Sjöqvist
Maria
Hélène Svedberg
Nora
Anneli Tulldahl
Lisa
Christer Banck
Janne
Per Carleson
Member of theatre group / Original Music Composer
Franciska von Koch
Member of theatre group
Babben Larsson
Member of theatre group
Kari Sylwan
Dancer on TV
Karin Thulin
Dancer on TV
Björn Borg
Self
Tom Okker
Self
Görel Engstrand
Costume Design
Jean-Michel Jarre
Original Music Composer
Brigitte Reiss-Andersen
Costume Design
Thomas Holéwa
Sound / Editor
Anna Asp
Production Design
Thomas Macklin
Original Music Composer
Christer Furubrand
Sound
Roland Sterner
Director of Photography
Kerstin Elg
Makeup Artist
René Zuber
Sound Editor
Media.
Details.
Release DateDecember 25, 1980
Original NameBarnens ö
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 44m
Box Office$2,110,516
Filming LocationsSollentuna · Filmhuset · Tensta · Stockholm, Sweden
Genres
Last updated:
This Movie Is About.
based on novel or book
puberty
stockholm
coming of age
teenage boy
teenage sexuality
kids on their own
Wiki.
Children's Island (Swedish: Barnens ö) is a Swedish drama film which was released to cinemas in Sweden on 25 December 1980, co-written and directed by Kay Pollak, starring Thomas Fryk and Ingvar Hirdwall. It is based on the novel of the same name by P. C. Jersild. Filming took place between July and October 1979. It won Sweden's most prestigious film prize, the Guldbagge, when it was released in 1980 and was Sweden's official selection for the 54th Academy Awards. The film became controversial in Australia, being banned in 2014, over thirty years after its original release.
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