Rent The Island on Bird Street (1996)
3.7 of 5 from 46 ratings
1h 47min
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- Synopsis:
"The Island on Bird Street" is a 1996 movie based on a true story by Israeli author Uri Orlev. It tells the story of a 11-year-old boy, Alex (Jordon Kiziuk), and his courage to struggle to survive alone in a Polish ghetto during World War II. When the Nazis come to his hometown in Warsaw, they erect a fence so that nobody can get out. They go into hiding when the Nazis come to take the Jews and haul the children and adults on the trains to a “holiday place”, from which they are never heard of again. Alex manages to escape with his pet mouse Snow to an abandoned building in Bird Street and stays inside a cupboard where he has “everything he needs” with his favourite book, Robinson Crusoe. When Snow dies, Alex cries till he falls asleep. He wakens to pounding footsteps - his father has come back, like a ship that has come into the island to rescue him and take him home. - Actors:
- Patrick Bergin, Jordan Kiziuk, Jack Warden, James Bolam, Stefan Sauk, Simon Gregor, Lee Ross, Suzanna Hamilton, Sian Nicola Liquorish, Michael Byrne, Heather Tobias, Leon Silver, Sue Jones-Davies, Nigel John Whitear, Misha Daniel King, Nicole Maria Hann, Richard Pepper, Marek Grabowski, Phil-Alexander Szalek, Marcin Herman
- Directors:
- Søren Kragh-Jacobsen
- Writers:
- Uri Orlev, John Goldsmith
- Others:
- Zbigniew Preisner
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Drama
- Awards:
1997 Berlinale Silver Bear For An Outstanding Single Achievement
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