The Island on Bird Street

  • Drama
  • War
4/11/1997
107

Storyline

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.

Cast

Reviews

  • Geronimo1967

    With the Nazis having reduced Warsaw to little more than rubble, the young Alex (Jordan Kiziuk) is separated from his family, who have been sent to a concentration camp, and is now forced to scavenge as best he can amongst the ruins. Fortunately, this is a resourceful young lad who quickly learns his way around the ghetto using the sewers and the attics to keep himself safe. Thats easier said than done as the water supply has been turned off and food is extremely scarce. There are still people in the city but with plenty prepared to turn him in for an apple or a loaf of bread, he has to be very wary of whom he can trust. His encounter with fellow refugees Freddy (Lee Ross) and Henyrk (Simon Gregor) alerts him to a way out of their squalid e...

    March 5, 2025

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