Children's Island (1980)
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Based on the 1976 popular children’s Novel “Children’s Island” by P.C. Jersilds.
109 min
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.
- Release date
- December 25, 1980
- Country of origin
- Sweden
- Box office
- $2,110,516
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Cast
- Tomas Fryk as Reine Larsson
- Anita Ekström as Harriet Larsson
- Ingvar Hirdwall as Stig Utler
- Börje Ahlstedt as Hester
- Lars-Erik Berenett as Esbjörn
- Sif Ruud as Mrs. Bergman-Ritz
- Hjördis Petterson as Olga
- Malin Ek as Kristina
- Lena Granhagen as Helen
- Majlis Granlund as Lotten
- Christer Banck as Janne
- Per Carleson as Member of theatre group
- Kari Sylwan as Dancer on TV
- Björn Borg as Self
Crew
- Kay Pollak · Director
- P.C. Jersild · Writer
- Ola Olsson · Writer
- Kay Pollak · Writer
- Carl-Johan Seth · Writer
- Ingemar Ejve · Producer
- Bengt Forslund · Producer
- Per Carleson · Composer
- Jean-Michel Jarre · Composer
- Thomas Macklin · Composer
- Roland Sterner · Cinematographer
- Thomas Holéwa · Editor