The Island on Bird Street
1997 · Movie · PG-13 · 107 min · ★ 7.1 · 69% critics
During World War II, a young boy is left alone in a ruined Jewish ghetto and must survive by hiding, scavenging, and deciding whom he can trust. Told through a child’s eyes, the story follows his hope, fear, and determination as danger closes in around him.
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Details
- Years
- 1997
- Release date
- 1997-04-11
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 107 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 69/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.1/10 (72 votes)
About
If you respond to intimate wartime survival stories like In Darkness or A Bag of Marbles, this offers a moving, suspenseful experience through a child’s perspective; Not for you if you want lighter themes or easy comfort.
Pros: child’s-eye perspective; tense survival story; emotionally affecting | Cons: bleak setting; constant peril; harsh wartime subject
Themes
- nazi
- jewish ghetto
- world war ii
- based on true story
- orphan
- starvation
- 1940s
- kids on their own
- children in wartime
Cast & crew
Patrick Bergin
as Stefan
Jordan Kiziuk
as Alex
Jack Warden
as Boruch
James Bolam
as Doctor Studjinsky
Michael Byrne
as Bolek
Stefan Sauk
as Goehler
Suzanna Hamilton
as Stasya's Mother
Marek Grabowski
as Adam
- MH
Marcin Herman
as Joseph
- PL
Paweł Lauterbach
as Benny
Directed by Søren Kragh-Jacobsen