I Am David

2003

1h 30m

IMDb RATING

6.8/10

103

YOUR RATING

Rate

POPULARITY

Play trailer

1 Video

13 Images

Drama

Adventure

A 12-year-old boy manages to flee a Communist concentration camp on his own, through sheer will and determination. All he has in his possession is a loaf of bread, a letter to deliver to someone in Denmark, and a compass to help get him there.

Directors

Paul Feig

Writers

Anne Holm(novel by)

Paul Feig(writer by)

Stars

Ben Tibber

Jim Caviezel

Joan Plowright

See production, box office & company info

Videos1

Trailer
Watch I Am David - Trailer

Photos13

Top cast

David

Johannes

Sophie

The Man

Elsa

Giovanni

Baker

Roberto

American Man

American Woman

David's Mother

Maria

Cecha

Angelo

Carlo

Vineyard Owner

Camp Officer

Elisabetta Bartolomei

Woman at Party

Directors

Paul Feig

Writers

Anne Holm(novel by)

Paul Feig(writer by)

All cast & crew

Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

User reviews1

Review

Featured review

6/10

_**A boy flees the Iron Curtain for a new life in Western Europe**_ Escaping a concentration camp in 1952 Bulgaria, a cynical boy (Ben Tibber) stows away to Italy, traveling the peninsula to Switzerland on his way to Denmark. Will he find liberty and love or more distrust and hatred? Jim Caviezel plays a prisoner at the camp while Joan Plowright is on hand as a warm elderly woman. Based on Anne Holm’s novel “North to Freedom,” “I Am David” (2003) is an indie drama/adventure by Paul Feig (writer/director). The movie effectively reminds us that there was an Iron Curtain from 1945-1989 and that crimes against humanity were pretty much business-as-usual for Communistic governments in USSR and Eastern Bloc countries. The tone is realistic and low-key with a balance of cruelty, mundaneness, tenderness and amusement. Don’t expect earth-shattering events. The human potential for ugliness & atrocities or beauty & goodwill is explored. There are stereotypes but so what? Stereotypes are stereotypes for good reason (they’re often TRUE). This is a testimony to those who escaped to freedom or died trying. It’s relatively moving, but in a subdued way. The film runs 1 hour, 31 minutes, and was shot in Bulgaria. GRADE: B-/B

Wuchak14 Aug, 2020