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Lord of the Flies

1963Directed by Peter BrookUnited Kingdom92 min

Lord of the Flies is a 1963 British survival drama film written for the screen and directed by Peter Brook, based on the 1954 novel by William Golding. It follows 30 schoolboys who are marooned on an island where the behaviour of the majority degenerates into savagery.…

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