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King of Devil's Island

Play trailer Poster for King of Devil's Island 2010,  1h 52m,  History/ Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 93% 46 Reviews Tomatometer 88% 2,500+ Ratings Popcornmeter
93% Tomatometer 46 Reviews 88% Popcornmeter 2,500+ Ratings
Inmates rebel at a Norwegian reform school for boys, where discipline is maintained through cruelty.
King of Devil's Island

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Critics Consensus

Scandinavian in the most bleakly satisfying way, King of Devil's Island satisfies with a richly layered narrative and a typically strong performance from Stellan Skarsgard.

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Xan Brooks Guardian Jun 28, 2012
3/5
Robust acting and crisp direction eases the old-rope material through to the inevitable conflagration. Go to Full Review
Anton Bitel Little White Lies Jun 28, 2012
beneath the staid, ordered, colour-dulled surfaces of Marius Holst's King of Devil's Island lurk various forms of hypocrisy, corruption and abuse, suggesting something very rotten in the (then) state of Norway. Go to Full Review
David Hughes Empire Magazine Jun 27, 2012
3/5
A bleakly beautiful, austere film that doesn't patronise its audience. Go to Full Review
Brent McKnight The Last Thing I See Jul 11, 2020
B
Subtle, nuanced, and delicate. Go to Full Review
Leigh Paatsch Herald Sun (Australia) Apr 15, 2020
3/5
Grim and gripping in equal parts, this unapologetically dour Norwegian drama depicts a notorious sequence of events on the icy prison island of Bastoy in 1915. Go to Full Review
Patrick Gamble CineVue Jan 25, 2019
4/5
An uncomfortably haunting journey to the breaking point of the human spirit, which, despite its few missteps along the will stay with you long after you leave the cinema. Go to Full Review
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Hagrid S Jan 10, 2012 Accomplished Nordic prison drama.
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Marius Holst

Director

Benjamin Helstad

Erling

Trond Nilssen

Olav

Stellan Skarsgård

Bestyrer Håkon

Kristoffer Joner

Husfar Bråthen

Magnus Langlete

Ivar

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King of Devil's Island

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Movie Info

Synopsis Inmates rebel at a Norwegian reform school for boys, where discipline is maintained through cruelty.
Director
Marius Holst
Producer
Karin Julsrud
Screenwriter
Eric Schmid, Dennis Magnusson, Lars Saabye Christensen, Mette Marit Bølstad
Production Co
St Paul Film, MACT Productions, 4 1/2 Film, Opus Film
Genre
History, Drama
Original Language
Norwegian
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 30, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$4.2K
Runtime
1h 52m
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