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Robinson Crusoe
(1910) United States of America
B&W : Short film
Directed by August Blom
Cast: Einar Zangenberg [Robinson Crusoe], Franz Skondrup [Fredag]
Nordisk Film Kompagni production; distributed by Nordisk Film Kompagni. / From the novel Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. Cinematography by Axel Graatkjær. / Spherical 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was released in the USA by Great Northern Film Company on 10 September 1910.
Drama.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? The desire for adventure in the boy, Crusoe, leads him to neglect his lessons, and to be reproved by his father. Finally, the boy packs his bundle and runs away to sea, a splendid view being given of the vessel on which he embarks at Hull hoisting sail and putting out to sea. The vessel on which Crusoe sails on his last voyage for twenty-eight years is wrecked. In a fine scene with a “rough” sea which is really rough. The hero is carried to the shore of the island. His first difficulty, that of lighting a fire, is solved by a flash of lightning, a very clever electrical effect, and soon we see him fairly accustomed to his new life, dressed in a robe of skins and living in a rude bower with only his goat for a companion. The peaceful, if precarious, life is broken by the first visit of the cannibals to the island, and Crusoe is an affrighted witness of their weird dances about the fire. The escape of Friday is shown, the well-known scene being faithfully presented. There is a particularly good picture of Crusoe in his hut at dinner, surrounded by his many pets, in the manner which every reader of the story will recall. A final scene shows Crusoe going to the help of some pearl fishers who have visited the island and being attacked by the natives, and who is gratitude assist him to escape. Friday, with the parrot and monkey, and then Crusoe himself, are seen bursting in on the friends and relatives who for so long thought him dead.
Survival status: The film is presumed lost.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 25 November 2022.
References: Mottram-Danish p. ?; Sato-Currents p. 249 : Website-IMDb.
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