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The Swiss Family Robinson (German: Der Schweizerische Robinson, "The Swiss Robinson") is a novel by the Swiss author Johann David Wyss, first published in 1812, about a Swiss family of immigrants whose ship en route to Port Jackson, Australia, goes off course and is shipwrecked in the East Indies.
- Johann David Wyss
- 1812
A classic Disney adventure film based on the novel by Johan Wyss. A British family is shipwrecked on a tropical island and faces pirates, wildlife and their own challenges of survival.
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- Adventure, Family
- Ken Annakin
- 1960-12-21
The Swiss Family Robinson is an adventure classic written in 1812 as an homage to Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe by Johann David Wyss. It tells the story of a family stranded on an island ala Crusoe, but whereas Crusoe is alone and unprepared, the family had set out as settlers, so they have livestock and all the accoutrements deemed necessary ...
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Budget. $4 million. Box office. $40 million. Swiss Family Robinson is a 1960 American adventure film starring John Mills, Dorothy McGuire, James MacArthur, Janet Munro, Tommy Kirk, and Kevin Corcoran in a tale of a shipwrecked family building an island home.
Swiss Family Robinson, American family-adventure film, released in 1960, that is considered a Disney classic. It was adapted from the 1812 novel by Johann Rudolf Wyss and his father, Johann David Wyss.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
A Canadian adaptation of the classic novel by Johann Wyss, about a Swiss family stranded on a tropical island in 1801. See cast, crew, episodes, trivia, reviews and more on IMDb.
In this family film, the Robinson clan -- mother (Dorothy McGuire), father (John Mills) and their three sons, Fritz, Ernst and Francis -- flee the reign of Napoleon to start afresh in New...
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- Kids & Family, Adventure
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