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| Directed by | Kay Pollak |
| Written by | Kay Pollak |
| Based on | Children's Island by P. C. Jersild |
| Produced by | Bengt Forslund |
| Starring | Thomas Fryk Ingvar Hirdwall |
| Cinematography | Roland Sterner |
| Edited by | Thomas Holéwa |
| Music by | Jean-Michel Jarre |
| Distributed by | Svensk Filmindustri |
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Running time | 109 minutes |
| Country | Sweden |
| Language | Swedish |
Children's Island (Swedish: Barnens ö) is a Swedish drama film which was released to cinemas in Sweden on 25 December 1980,[1] co-written and directed by Kay Pollak, starring Thomas Fryk and Ingvar Hirdwall. It is based on the novel of the same name by P. C. Jersild. Filming took place between July and October 1979. It won Sweden's most prestigious film prize, the Guldbagge, when it was released in 1980 and was Sweden's official selection for the 54th Academy Awards. The film became controversial in Australia, being banned in 2014, over thirty years after its original release.[2]
- ^ "Barnens ö" (in Swedish). Swedish Film Database. 25 December 1980. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
- ^ Australia bans award-winning Swedish film Children's Island over child porn concerns The Sydney Morning Herald, 27 February 2014.