King of Devil's Island is a 2010 Norwegian film directed by Marius Holst. The film premiered in Norway on December 17th, 2010 and was next shown at the international filmfestivals of Sweden (January 2011) and Rotterdam (February 2011). The story is based on true events that occurred at Bastøy Prison

Bastøy Prison

Bastøy Prison is a minimum security prison located on Bastøy Island, Norway, about 75 kilometers south of Oslo. The facility is located on a 2.6 square kilometer island and hosts 115 inmates. Øyvind Alnæs, governor of the prison, leads a staff of 69 prison employees. Of this staff,...

 in Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

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Shooting for King of Devil's Island took place in Estonia

Estonia

Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...

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Plot

"Norwegian winter, early 20th century. On the boys home Bastøy, a new inmate leads the boys to a violent uprising against a brutal regime. How far is he willing to go to attain freedom?"

Cast

• Stellan Skarsgård
  Stellan Skarsgård
  Stellan John Skarsgård is a Swedish actor, known internationally for his film roles in Angels & Demons, Breaking the Waves, The Hunt for Red October, Ronin, Good Will Hunting, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist,...
  
   as Håkon
• Benjamin Helstad as Erling "C19"
• Trond Nilssen as Olav "C1"
• Kristoffer Joner
  Kristoffer Joner
  Kristoffer Joner is a Norwegian actor born in Stavanger, Norway.- Career :Films include Detector, Mongoland, Villmark, Loose Ends, Samaritan, Min Misunnelige Frisør, Kissed by Winter, Naboer, Gymnaslærer Pedersen, The Man Who Loved Yngve and most recently Hidden .He was named one of the "Shooting...
  
   as Braaten
• Ellen Dorrit Petersen as Astrid
• Magnus Langlete as Ivar "C5"