Movie
The Island on Bird Street
Overview
Alex is an 11-year old boy who, during WWII, hides in the Jewish ghetto from Nazis after all his relatives have been sent to the concentration camp. The movie portrays the ghetto through his eyes.
Details
- Release date
- 1997-04-11
- Runtime
- 107 min
- Genres
- Drama, War
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- 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
- Marcin Herman as Joseph
- Paweł Lauterbach as Benny
- Jacek Milczanowski
- Paweł Okoński as Richter
Crew
- Søren Kragh-Jacobsen - Director
- Tony Grisoni - Writer
- John Goldsmith - Writer
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