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Lord of the Flies

Over 12 92 minutes 1963 6.9

The first film, in black and white, of William Golding's famous novel. An airplane with English schoolboys’ crashes on a deserted island in the Pacific. Forty children survive but no adults. At the same time as the school uniforms go off, all learned values and behaviors are thrown away. The film is a harsh depiction of how they gradually degenerate into a horde of savages. Nominated for the Gold Palm in 1963.

The film is not playable outside of Finland
Category: Feature film
Genre: Drama, society, thriller, adventure
Director: Peter Brook
Actor: James Aubrey, Tom Chapin, Hugh Edwards
Rights owner: Nonstop
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English