Robinson Crusoe
About Robinson Crusoe
Robinson Crusoe's ship goes down in a storm. He lands on an island, builds a shelter, and finds food. Georges Méliès directed and plays in the film, from Daniel Defoe's 1719 book. The catalog also lists André Deed. The French title is Les aventures de Robinson Crusoë.
Cast & crew
More about Robinson Crusoe
Méliès produced it. It was shot in black and white and then painted by hand. Wikidata times it at 14 minutes. The catalog says the original ran about 15 minutes and that 12 and a half minutes of the painted film have been found and restored. A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.
Themes
Preservation
About 12 and a half minutes of the hand-painted print have been restored. A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.
Notes
- The catalog calls it the first film of the Crusoe story.
- The surviving material is the hand-painted version, not only the black-and-white negative.
- The Commons file uses the French title.
Scenes
- The ship goes down, and Crusoe is left to build a shelter on the island.
Influenced by
- Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (Les Aventures de Robinson Crusoé)
