The Ghost Island (The Three Question Marks)
 (orig. Alfred Hitchcock and The Three Investigators in The Secret of Skeleton Island ) |
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| Radio play from Germany | |
| publication | 1980 |
| genre | Youth series / crime thriller |
| Duration | 42 min |
| Publisher / label | Europe |
| Contributors | |
| author | Robert Arthur |
| Machining | HG Francis |
| Director | Heikedine Körting |
| music | Bert Brac |
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The three ??? and the Geisterinsel is the title of an episode of the youth book series Die Drei ??? . In 2007 the film Die Drei ??? was created for this novel. - The secret of the ghost island .
content
The three ??? get the order from Alfred Hitchcock to travel to Peter's father on the northeast coast of the United States. There is a ghost island on which a film crew, including Peter's father, is making a film. There they should take part in the shooting of a short film and find clues for the thefts on the ghost island. They are u. a. with the legends of a white ghost that haunts the disused amusement park and a treasure that a pirate is said to have hidden. Her boyfriend Chris, a young Greek, is also arrested. He is accused of thefts on Ghost Island. It was well known that Chris had tried to raise money to help his ailing father.
The resolution
The two brothers Bill and Jim Ballinger had just been released from prison and wanted to get their loot from Ghost Island. To do this, however, she had to evict the film crew from Ghost Island, which her accomplice Sam, who was the security guard for the film crew, tried to do with thefts.
The three ??? find part of the treasure and give it to Chris, who can help his father with it.
Reviews
Compared to other episodes, the episode is rated average to good. In the fan rating list of rocky-beach.com, this episode made it to place 21.
Björn Backes from Buchwurm.info wrote when the radio play appeared again at the start of the film:
" The three ??? and Geisterinsel was already several years under its belt in both the literary and the radio play version and at the time, at the start of the audiovisual investigation, established itself as one of the best chapters in the history of the three detectives. In this respect, [...] did not ask about the quality of the content of the radio play - which [...] is undisputedly high [...] "
Sales figures
Kosmos does not disclose exact sales figures, but according to the information in the books it can be concluded that there were 15 editions and the book was thus available in 1973–1989 (twelve editions) and 2007–2009 (three editions). The number of copies can be found in the first eleven editions. There were 195,000 in total. If you consider that four more editions followed, Die Geisterinsel is one of the most frequently published books in the series.
At the start of the film, the book was published in a revised version in 2007, in which Alfred Hitchcock was replaced by Albert Hitfield (new edition 2008) and in 2009 the book was published in the Classic Edition , in which only works by the series creator Robert Arthur are included.
Trivia
- The hatred of foreigners is subsequently portrayed as very strong.
- In Fishingport , the nearest town, there is only one shared telephone line. This means that everyone can overhear the conversations someone else is having.
- Because of Justus' cold, he cannot be at the showdown .
The film
A film version of the book was released in 2007. However, the film has little in common with the book. So Chris became a girl, the ghost island was moved to South Africa and the arch enemy of the three ???, Victor Hugenay , who actually had nothing to do with the story, was the unscrupulous perpetrator.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH: The three question marks - The three ???: radio play - 18: ... and the ghost island - episode 18. Accessed on October 28, 2018 .
- ↑ Rocky Beach: Follow-up reviews on rocky-beach.com (results). Retrieved October 28, 2018 .
- ^ Sven H .: Die Geisterinsel (edition archive). Retrieved October 28, 2018 .