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Children's Island

1985 · 1 season

A gentle, old-fashioned wartime adventure where children fend for themselves on an island, mixing mild peril with earnest camaraderie.

Genres
Action & adventure, War & politics
Overview
During World War II, a passenger ship travelling from Britain to the USA is torpedoed by a German U-Boat. Eleven children survive the wreck and are swept to a small uninhabited island. Miraculously, they are able to establish radio contact with none other than the grandson of the US president.
How it feels
Tense, earnest, warm and dark. Measured and easy to follow.
About
Survival, found family, war, coming-of-age
Content
Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.
Note
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Action & adventure, War & politics
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Era
period
Audience
family
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror1
Humour3
Realism6
Romance0
Tension5
Darkness4
Complexity3
Emotional weight5

Cast

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Details

Genres
action & adventure, war & politics
Created by
Nathaniel Gutman
Written by
Hanan Peled
Starring
Timothy Stark, Stefan Gates, J.D. Roth, George Montgomery, Richard Haines, Nick Lorentz
Cinematography
Amnon Salomon
Length
1 seasons, 1 episodes, 25 min each
Languages
English

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