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Swiss Family Robinson is a 1974–75 Canadian television drama series, based on Johann David Wyss' 1812 novel The Swiss Family Robinson. The series consisted of 26 30-minute episodes, and diverged somewhat from the original novel. Only one season was produced, due to the development of a Swiss Family Robinson series in 1975 by ABC in
Shipwrecked on a deserted island, the Robinson family build a life for themselves while planning their escape back to civilization. Watch trailers & learn more.
Swiss Family Robinson is a 1960 feature film starring John Mills, Dorothy McGuire, and Sessue Hayakawa in a tale of a shipwrecked family building an island home. It was loosely based upon the 1812 novel Der Schweizerische Robinson (literally, The Swiss Robinson) by Johann David Wyss.
The Robinson family on their way to New Guinea is chased by pirates into a storm. The captain and crew abandon the ship leaving the family shipwrecked off an uninhabited island. Father (John Mills) and his two eldest teenage sons Fritz and Ernst (James MacArthur and Tommy Kirk) salvage as much as they can from the wreck including livestock ...
Mar 1, 2003 · Swiss Family Robinson Note: Translation of Der schweizerische Robinson. Credits: Produced by Anne Wingate Language: English: LoC Class: PT: Language and Literatures: Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic literatures: LoC Class: PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres: Subject: Islands -- Fiction Subject: Survival -- Fiction ...
Plot Summary. Set in the late 1700s, The Swiss Family Robinson recounts the ten-year adventure of Robinson, his wife Elizabeth, and their four sons, Fritz, Ernest, Jack, and Franz on an uninhabited island in the south Pacific. En route to Australia, the Robinsons’ ship is wrecked in a turbulent storm. The crew escapes in the lifeboats ...
May 29, 2007 · The Swiss Family Robinson was initially written in German by Swiss author Johann Wyss in 1812, and then soon after an accurate English translation was completed by William Godwin in 1816. The Godwin translation remained the standard in English for a generation or two, but by the mid-19th century the number and variety of English translations ...
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