| Based on Anne Holm's acclaimed young adult novel North to Freedom, I Am David chronicles the struggles of a 12-year-old boy who 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. | |
| Release Date: | Dec 03, 2003 |
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| Director: | Paul Feig |
| Writer: | Anne Holm, Paul Feig |
| Genres: | Adventure, Drama |
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| Production Companies | Lions Gate Films, Summit Entertainment, Walden Media |
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| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Ben Tibber | David |
| Jim Caviezel | Johannes |
| Joan Plowright | Sophie |
| Hristo Shopov | The Man |
| Silvia De Santis | Elsa |
| Paco Reconti | Giovanni |
| Roberto Attias | Baker |
| Francesco De Vito | Roberto |
| Paul Feig | American Man |
| Lucy Russell | American Woman |
| Maria Bonnevie | David's Mother |
| Viola Carinci | Maria |
| Marin Jivkov | Cecha |
| Robert Syulev | Angelo |
| Alessandro Sperduti | Carlo |
| Shaila Rubin | Vineyard Owner |
| Krasimir Kutzoparov | Camp Officer |
| Elisabetta Bartolomei | Woman at Party |
| Krasimir Radkov | Party Guest |
| Diyan Machev | Party Guest |
| Nikola Rudarov | Store Owner |
| Enrico Vecchi | Grocer |
| Dobrin Dosev | Border Guard |
| Malin Krastev | Policeman |
| Matt Patresi | Swiss Border Guard |
| Maxim Genchev | Policeman |
| Ivan Nestorov | Swiss Policeman |
| Stefan Shterev | Bulgarian Officer |
| Valeri Yordanov | Bulgarian Soldier |
| Clem Tibber | Young David |
| Adrian McCourt | David's Father |
| Panayot Tzanev | Quarry Guar |
| Nikolay Kipchev | Truck Driver |
| Stephen Antonie Shteref | Communist Protestor |
| Paraskeva Djukelova | Young Mother |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Stewart Copeland | Original Music Composer |
| Anne Holm | Novel |
| Roman Osin | Director of Photography |
| Steven Weisberg | Editor |
| Giovanni Natalucci | Production Design |
| Pippa Hall | Casting |
| Uliva Pizzetti | Costume Design |
| Paul Feig | Writer, Director |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Davina Belling | Producer |
| Lauren Levine | Producer |
| Clive Parsons | Producer |
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_**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