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Devil's Island
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9781572528345
Format: Color, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 1572528346
Label: Fox Lorber
Languages: English (Original Language), Icelandic (Original Language),
Manufacturer: Fox Lorber
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Fox Lorber
Region Code: 1
Release Date: July 05, 2000
Running Time: 103 minutes
Studio: Fox Lorber
Theatrical Release Date: 1997
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Editorial Review:
From the director of Cold Fever comes a bittersweet tale of Iceland at the dawn of its independence. Set in the 1950s in an abandoned Army barracks, Devil's Island follows two brothers, Baddi and Danni, who are brought up by their grandparents.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - A Depressing Film Well Acted and Directed
This is a depressing, largely nonjudgmental film about a family which probably would be called trailer trash if they lived in America instead of Iceland. It's the Fifties, and Devil's Island is the name of a former U. S. military base near Reykjavik the Americans have abandoned. It has become the home of hundreds of poor Icelanders as families have moved into the decaying quonset huts. Cast-off lumber, sheets of tin, rocks and trash litter the place. It's too cold for mud, but pools of icy water ... Read More
Rating:  - excess
Ultimately this is a kind of cautionary tale about embracing excesses to the point of self-destruction and also seeing the true goodness in people. As Americans begin leaving some WWII era barracks empty in post-war Iceland, Icelanders begin occupying them. Coming to terms with their new-found independence, Iceland looks to move forward... Some Icelanders embrace American ways and indeed Americans, even marrying them and moving to the US. In the story, two young men, Baddi and Danni are reared by ... Read More
Rating: - Escaping Icelandic Poverty...
In the years after World War II the American military forces keep a base on an Icelandic island, however, they move it away from Reykjavik. The abandoned barracks are offered to the homeless of Iceland as they can seek shelter from the biting winters. The Devil's Island depicts the poor people in this area, where they live, and how they deal with daily struggles where hope of leaving seems like a wishful dream. Nonetheless, there are always ways of escaping the nagging pain of poverty, and those ... Read More
Rating:  - Rock 'n Roll comes to Iceland
I saw this movie ca. 1995 in Oslo with Norwegian subtitles, the only Icelandic movie I know and a shame I haven't had the chance to see others. The movie depicts the relative wealth and attractiveness of American servicemen from Keflavik in the context of the extreme poverty of Icelanders living in an old quanset hut. The Icelanders can, of course, speak some English and the Americans can, also realistically, speak no Icelandic. Big, loud old American cars, rock and roll, and the desire to escape the ... Read More
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