Robinson Crusoe (1954)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Robinson Crusoe |
| Country of production |
United States Mexico |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1954 |
| length | 90 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 6 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Luis Buñuel |
| script |
Phillip Ansel Roll Luis Buñuel |
| production |
Óscar Dancigers for United Artists / Ultramar |
| music |
Anthony Collins Luis Hernández Breton |
| camera | Alex Phillips |
| cut |
Carlos Savage Alberto Valenzuela |
| occupation | |
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Robinson Crusoe , also The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe , is an American literary film adaptation by Luis Buñuel from 1954 . It is based on the novel of the same name by Daniel Defoe .
action
Robinson went to sea and wants to go to Africa to get slaves for the plantations in Brazil. But a tornado throws the ship off course and only he survives the catastrophe. He arrives on a deserted island- "Far, very far from any human society," says the opening credits.
He can salvage various utensils from the wreck. The cat and the dog are also saved. He sets up a makeshift shelter and learns to take advantage of useful creatures such as goats and grain as well as to defend himself against harmful ones such as rats and birds. His admonishing father appears to him in nightmares. Five years and more pass by, which he spends lonely on the island. After the dog's death, he feels the loneliness even more consciously and speaks with his echo.
Shortly afterwards, to his horror, he discovers a human footprint that is not his own on the beach and tries to cover up all signs of his presence. Then he notices cannibals on the island and watches how they want to slaughter two prisoners. One escapes and is rescued by Crusoe, killing two pursuers. Crusoe takes him in and gives him the name Friday according to the current weekday. Meanwhile, the ogres who only come to their rituals have withdrawn from the island again.
At first, Crusoe meets Friday, whom he regards as a subordinate, with suspicion and suspicion. But soon he recognizes the loyalty and devotion on Friday and teaches him how to handle weapons. When the savages return to the island, Friday Crusoe stands up against them. One day, white mutineers arrive who want to expose their overwhelmed ship officers on the island. Crusoe and Freitag free them and instead capture the mutineers who remain on the island, while Crusoe, after more than 28 years, and Friday finally leave them with their ship.
background
Robinson Crusoe premiered in West Germany on December 21, 1954 .
The film was made by Productions and Producciones Tepeyac. The Mexican port city of Manzanillo and the Tepeyac Studios served as a filming location.
Awards
Actor Dan O'Herlihy was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor in 1955 . The production was also recognized in several categories at the Ariel Awards , including a. for the best director and the best screenplay.
Reviews
“Buñuel delivered a straightforward, technically demanding adventure film that gets by without pathos and ideological phrases. Buñuel only follows his surrealist legacy in Crusoe's feverish dreams. Otherwise, he pays special attention to the question of the extent to which so-called civilization is useful, conducive or dispensable to people: a motif that runs as a red thread through the director's oeuvre. "
“Even if the film retells the situations of the plot true to the original, it remains skeptical beneath the surface and leaves an oppressive atmosphere. Buñuel is far from being enthusiastic about a Rousseauian call "back to nature", but civilization also seems to be permanently poisoned to him. A strangely fatalistic ambivalence between madness and futile longing is carried into the adventure. "
literature
- Deutsche Kinemathek (Ed.): Luis Buñuel. Essays, dates, documents. Bertz + Fischer, Berlin 2008, Robinson Crusoe p. 111f. ISBN 978-3-86505-183-7 .
- Günter Helmes , Stefan Greif : "You Friday. Sir. We friends". Faith, violence and racism in Luis Buñuel's film "Robinson Crusoe" . In: Ada Bieber , Stefan Greif, Günter Helmes (eds.): Angeschwemmt - Updated. Robinsonades in the arts of the 20th and 21st centuries . Königshausen & Neumann, Würzburg 2009, pp. 75–106. ISBN 978-3-8260-3261-5 .
Web links
- Robinson Crusoe in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Start dates for Robinson Crusoe . In: IMDb.de. Retrieved October 4, 2013 .
- ^ Robinson Crusoe in the Lexicon of International Films .
- ↑ ln: Bodo Traber and Hans J. Wulff (eds.): Filmgenres. Adventure film (= Reclams Universal Library. No. 18404). Reclam, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-15-018404-5 , pp. 262-265, here 265.