Island of Lost Souls (2007)
"De fortabte sjæles ø" (original title)

14-year-old Lulu moves to a small provincial town with her mother and younger brother. One night, her brother is struck by a beam of white light - actually the spirit of Herman Hartmann ... See full summary »

Director:

Nikolaj Arcel

Writers:

Nikolaj Arcel, Rasmus Heisterberg

Stars:

Sara Langebæk Gaarmann, Lucas Munk Billing, Lasse Borg

6 wins & 6 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Sara Langebæk Gaarmann	...	Lulu
Lucas Munk Billing	...	Sylvester
Lasse Borg	...	Oliver
Nicolaj Kopernikus	...	Richard
Lars Mikkelsen	...	Necromancer
Anette Støvelbæk	...	Beate
Anders W. Berthelsen	...	Herman Hartmann
Beate Bille	...	Linea
Frank Thiel	...	Alexander
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
André Babikian	...	Klavs
Camilla Bendix	...	Ekstra stemme (voice)
Ulle Bjørn Bengtsson	...	Ekstra stemme (voice)
Gerard Bidstrup	...	Ung spansktalende fyr (as Gerard Carey Bidstrup)
Anni Ribir Binisen	...	Ung pige
Kadhim Faraj	...	Spøgelse - Araber

Storyline

14-year-old Lulu moves to a small provincial town with her mother and younger brother. One night, her brother is struck by a beam of white light - actually the spirit of Herman Hartmann from the 19th-century. To her despair, Lulu realizes that Herman has possessed her brother, and the two of them are whirled into a fevered adventure. Joined by Oliver, a rich kid, and Richard, a disillusioned clairvoyant and inventor, they take on the dark, supernatural forces gathering over the town - evil from deep in the land of the dead, determined to take over the world and see them die.

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Family | Fantasy

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site [dk]

Country:

Denmark Sweden Germany

Language:

Danish German Spanish

Release Date:

9 February 2007 (Denmark)

Also Known As:

Island of Lost Souls

Filming Locations:

Denmark

Box Office

Budget:

DKK 39,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Memfis Film, Nimbus Film Productions, Pain Unlimited GmbH Filmproduktion

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital Dolby SR

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Towards the end of the movie the main characters are in a small aircraft with the code "OY - 1138" written on the side. OY (Oscar Yankee) is the code used to identify all aircrafts from Denmark. 1138 is an homage to George Lucas' THX-1138.

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Connections

Featured in Filmens verden: De fortabte sjæles ø (2007)

User Reviews

Brilliant movie by Arcel and the Special effects team!

One of the best danish directors right now is Nikolaj Arcel! T his guy is surely capable of directing one of those big blockbusters. His care for details is huge, and you can feel throughout the movie that he likes what he is doing.

If you like Harry Potter or Narnia, you will like this one too! The plot is one of those good old adventures about the battle between the good and the evil, souls, ghosts, dark creatures and evil sorcerer.

The special effects in this movie is insanely well done, and is just as good or perhaps better than the effects of the rescent Potter-movies.

The acting is great, considering we are dealing with teenagers and small children. The older actors are some of the best danish actors right now, Anders W. Berthelsen is always a pleasure to watch, and Lars Mikkelsen is frightening as the Necromancer. If Ralph Fiennes didn't play Voldemort, Lars would!