Treasure Island (1938 film)

Treasure Island
Directed by Vladimir Vaynshtok
Written by Robert Louis Stevenson (novel)
Oleg Leonidov
Vladimir Vaynshtok
Starring Osip Abdulov
Mikhail Klimov
Nikolai Cherkasov
Music by Nikita Bogoslovsky
Cinematography Mikhail Kirillov
Edited by M. Shitova
Production
company
Release dates
5 January 1938
Running time
92 minutes
Country Soviet Union
Language Russian

Treasure Island (Russian: Остров сокровищ, translit. Ostrov sokrovishch is a 1938 Soviet adventure film directed by Vladimir Vaynshtok and starring Osip Abdulov, Mikhail Klimov and Nikolai Cherkasov. It is an adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's novel Treasure Island. The film was one of several British literary classics turned into films in the Soviet Union during the era. A number of changes were made to introduce anti-British elements and to promote Stalinist ideology. The book's character of Jack Hawkins is transformed into a young woman named Jenny, and the characters are attempting to find the treasure in order to fund an anti-British rebellion.[1] An English language version was directed by David Bradley.

Cast

References

  1. Dobrenko & Balina p.243

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