L'Île sur le toit du monde
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L'Île sur le toit du monde

L'aventure au-delà de l'imagination

1974 • 94 min • Adventure · Family · Fantasy

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Best from age 7
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Movie Knight Score
97 reviews
  • 75 Reviewers · 4 · 60%
  • 65 Audience · 93 · 40%

Au début des années 1900, un père déterminé mène une expédition arctique pour retrouver son fils disparu, qui a disparu en cherchant une civilisation viking perdue. L'équipe rencontre des dangers, notamment une orque et des descendants vikings hostiles dans un pays caché et volcanique, farouchement protecteurs de leurs secrets. Ils doivent s'échapper pour survivre.

Violence & peril
3/10
Language
0/10
Drinking, drugs & smoking
0/10
Romance & sensuality
0/10
Scary moments
4/10

Heads up

  • Quelques moments de péril avec une orque
  • Rencontres tendues avec des populations autochtones armées

What it models well

  • Courage et persévérance
  • Exploration et découverte
  • Loyauté familiale

Talk about it after

  • L'importance de respecter les autres cultures et modes de vie
  • La signification historique de l'exploration viking
  • Les dangers et les récompenses de l'exploration de territoires inconnus

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Top billed cast

Director: Robert Stevenson • Crew: John Whedon

Trailers & clips

The Island at the Top of the World (trailer)

Reviewer notes

Recommended

Discovered this the other day in a tin of DVDs. It is a little bit far-fetched, but nonetheless a smashing Disney family adventure about a millionaire who sets off to the Arctic in an airship with a professor and a slightly grumpy French captain (the frequently scene-stealing Jacques Marin) to track down his missing son.…

Recommended

_**Jules Verne-like adventure about finding a lost colony of Vikings**_ A British aristocrat (Donald Sinden) in London, 1907, arranges an expedition to the arctic in a state-of-the-art airship to find his lost son (David Gwillim). Along for the ride are an archaeologist (David Hartman), the captain of the vessel (Jacques Marin) and a fearless Eskimo (Mako).…

RecommendedTrusted family reviewers

A very good film! I felt thoroughly entertained for the entirety of the 93 minute run time of <em>'The Island at the Top of the World'</em>. The special effects may have aged in quite funky and mildly chucklesome fashion, but the great adventure elements, pinpoint pacing and terrific cast help the film keep a high footing.…

Not recommendedTrusted family reviewers

The Entrance to Hell! The Island at the Top of the World is directed by Robert Stevenson and adapted to screenplay by John Whedon from the novel The Lost Ones written by Ian Cameron. It stars Donald Sinden, David Hartman, Jacques Marin, Mako and Agneta Eckemyr. Music is by Maurice Jarre and cinematography by Frank Phillips.…

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