Lord of the Flies

United Kingdom, 1963

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A group of schoolboys crash on a remote tropical island and revert to the laws of the jungle to survive. However, when savage emotions split them into two warring tribes, hate turns to bloodlust, culminating in a shocking murder. A frightening adaptation of Nobel Prizewinner, William Golding’s novel.

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Credits

director

Peter Brook

producer

Lewis M. Allen

production company

Allen-Hogdon Productions

Two Arts

Duration

01:27:00:00

Production places
United Kingdom
Production dates
1963

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

324965

Language

English

Audience classification

PG

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Black and White

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

Wikidata

Q386245

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