The Swiss Family Robinson
by Johann David Wyssliterary work· published 1812
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A Swiss family is shipwrecked on a tropical island, and must survive with what they can salvage from their ship, as well as the natural bounty of the island. The father leads his four sons on a series of adventures that teach important lessons in moral values, husbandry and natural history.
Adaptations (5)
The Swiss Family Robinson has been adapted 5 times, across film and television series, from 1940 to 1998. The most recent is The Adventures of Swiss Family Robinson (1998).
Swiss Family Robinson1940 · film · 93 min · dir. Edward Ludwig · IMDb ↗IMDb6.3A family setting out for a new life across the sea is shipwrecked on a deserted island. The family members collaborate to create a home for themselves in the jungle environment.
Swiss Family Robinson1960 · film · 126 min · dir. Ken Annakin · IMDb ↗After being shipwrecked, the Robinson family is marooned on an island inhabited only by an impressive array of wildlife. In true pioneer spirit, they quickly make themselves at home but soon face a danger even greater than nature: dastardly pirates.
Swiss Family Robinson1974 · television series · 30 min · IMDb ↗IMDb6.9Swiss Family Robinson is a 1974-1975 Canadian television drama series, based on Johann David Wyss' 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 the United States. This situation precluded sales of the Canadian series to the lucrative American market. Reruns, however, continued to be syndicated in Canada for many years, with stations often scheduling the program as part of their Saturday morning line-up.
The New Swiss Family Robinson1998 · film · 90 min · dir. Stewart Raffill · IMDb ↗IMDb4.9When Angelino Jack Robinson gets a new job in Australia, he decides to take his sissy wife Ann, brave sons Shane and Todd and wining daughter Elisabeth 'Lizzy' by sailing yacht from Hong Kong to Syndney. The gun he gets thrown in by Sheldon Blake proves disabled, and for a sinister reason: near Borneo, Blake's men turn up to capture them. The family escapes but loses the yacht on a reef. They build a cool camp on an island. But the pirates keep coming back, and the boys discover why: he hid a treasure in the yacht. Shane is also discovered and captured in more then one way by French plane wreck survivor Françoise, who later teams up with the family.
The Adventures of Swiss Family Robinson1998 · television series · 30 min · IMDb ↗IMDb7.3Classic saga of the merchant and his family shipwrecked on a South Seas island. This adaptation of the Johann David Wyss tale was one of the Pax network's initial offerings.
