The Island on Bird Street
by Sren Kragh-Jacobsen
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Actor: Heather Tobias, James Bolam, Michael Byrne, Patrick Bergin, Suzanna HamiltonDirector: Sren Kragh-Jacobsen
Brand: MILLENIUM MEDIA SERVICES
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.66:1
Running Time: 102 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-04-01
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: First Look Pictures
DVD Reviews of The Island on Bird Street
DVD Review: Island on Bird Street
Summary: 5 Stars
I would give it more stars if I could.
Great movie. You will not be Disappointed. Touching story.
The little white mouse added something special to the hero
Alex brave journey through Poland's war torn times.
DVD Review: Well done
Summary: 4 Stars
I liked it. There was alot of suspense. It seemed there for awhile that the suspense didn't stop. It's amazing how this little boy survived, since a true story. Only one scene of a read nudity shot of the boy showering caught me off guard. But the over all film was well done.DVD Review: A Boys Got to Do What a Boys Got to Do...
Summary: 4 Stars
Finding himself left alone, except for "Snow" his pet mouse, this young Jewish boy is thrown into an exausting self-preservation mode when the Nazis are evacuating the Ghetto he lives in with his father and great uncle who are pulled away from him as they are being herded to the vehicles that will transport all the evacuees to their sure fated deaths in various consentration camps.
If he can only avoid detection by the Nazi Soldiers, the non-Jewish neighborhood kids/thugs and the ocassional path-crossings with others on the down-low. If he can make it through, what will he face next? What will be left of the world?
A wonderful story, superb acting and fantastic visuals to put you inside the Ghetto.
DVD Review: Teaching WWII with Island on Bird Street
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a suspenseful account of a young man hiding from the Nazis in WWII occupied Poland. It is very helpful to use with students around the same age to teach them about the Nazi occupation. Students can do character studies, make predictions, draw conclusions, and develop alternative plot lines. This helps give a deep understanding of the situation for Jews and those in occupied Europe at that time. I begin with the book then use the film to compare and contrast. Fabulous!DVD Review: ROBINSON CRUSOE, SNOW AND WITS
Summary: 5 Stars
Based on a true story during WWII in Warsaw, Poland, it is the survival of an eleven year old Jewish boy separated from his father and uncle who are taken to work camps, from which no one returns. He has three things to sustain him: his pet white mouse, Snow; the book Robinson Crusoe; the promise of his father that he will return. The Nazis regularly patrol the bombed out buildings in the ghetto looking for stray Jews who may have escaped their clutches. It's survival in its most basic form. This overlooked film tells the amazing story of the imagination and wits of this 11 year old as lives day to day trying to survive against all odds. Ala Robinson Crusoe, he establishes a loft for himself in a bombed out building and uses every instinct he has to stay alive and not get captured. A fascinating story and well done film. Great camera work and editing. The many twists and turns in the story will keep you on the edge of your seat until the very end. Strong performance by Jordan Kiziuk as the 11 year old Alex.
Description of The Island on Bird Street
Polish ghetto with his father and great-uncle, knows this too well. When Nazis come to his city and clear the town, Alex manages to escape with the help of his family, but is left with only his pet mouse "Snow". Finding refuge in an abandoned building on Bird Street, Alex seeks inspiration from his favorite book, Robinson Crusoe, while he, and Snow, await his father's return.
Based on a true story by the winner of the Hans Christian Andersen Award for Writing.
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