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Robinson Crusoe

190214 minFrance
DramaAdventure

Synopsis

Shipwrecked far from home, Robinson Crusoe gathers supplies and builds a life on an island. His rescue of a captive brings a companion, Friday, into the adventure. Storms, conflict and the arrival of mutinous sailors become successive obstacles on the path toward returning to England, presented through a series of elaborate theatrical scenes.

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Original language
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified.
This copy runs
11:41
Subtitles
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No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. No subtitle track in this language.

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Wikimedia Commons · Georges Méliès · Public domain

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Cast

DirectorsGeorges Méliès

Inspirations

Méliès adapts Defoe's novel with designs influenced by J. J. Grandville's illustrations. The island inhabitants are shown through the colonial stereotypes of the adventure tradition, while painted scenery and stage effects shape the extraordinary landscape.

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  • Georges Méliès — Georges Méliès; Publicity materials for an exhibition at La Caixa Foundation: http://press.lacaixa.es/socialprojects/exhibiton-georges-melies-magic-of-cinema-caixaforum-barcelona-eng__816-c-17952__.html · Public domain

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