German title: Stormboy – Kinder des Sturms Original title: Storm Boy
Literature movie – Australia Production year: 1976 Movie length: 88 minutes
Movie description:
His free spirit roams with his pet pelican, Mr Percival and his secret Aboriginal friend, Fingerbone Bill. He knows no other world.
A popular children’s film, based on the novel by Colin Theile, about a boy’s friendship with a wild pelican and explores the right and wrong attitudes to the wilderness.
The cast was led by Greg Rowe, 11 years old and previously untrained in acting. David Gulpilil played a supporting role as an Aboriginal youth who camps in the wildlife sanctuary and teaches ëStorm Boyë about the land, the sea and the Aboriginal people.