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Original Title :
Die Schatzinsel
Genre :
TV Series / Adventure / Family
Cast :
Michael Ande,Ivor Dean,Georges Riquier
Type :
TV Series
Time :
1h 25min
Rating :
8.0/10
Die Schatzinsel Online

As a young boy finds an old map of a treasure island in the mid 1700s, he joins a sailing crew on an adventure to find the treasure island. He does not realize however that bloodthirsty pirates are amongst the crew, desperately wanting to claim the treasure for themselves and are secretly planning a mutiny... Beautifully created adaption of Robert Louis Stevenson's novel 'Treasure Island', created for German/French television in 1966.
Series cast summary:
Michael Ande Michael Ande - Jim Hawkins 4 episodes, 1966-1967
Ivor Dean Ivor Dean - John 'Barbecue' Silver / - 4 episodes, 1966-1967
Georges Riquier Georges Riquier - Dr. David Livesey / - 4 episodes, 1966-1967
Jacques Dacqmine Jacques Dacqmine - John Trelawney / - 4 episodes, 1966-1967
Jacques Monod Jacques Monod - Kapitän Smollet 4 episodes, 1966-1967
Dante Maggio Dante Maggio - Bill Bones 4 episodes, 1966-1967
Ilsemarie Schnering Ilsemarie Schnering - Jims Mutter Mrs. Hawkins / - 4 episodes, 1966-1967
Jacques Godin Jacques Godin - Israel Hands 4 episodes, 1966-1967
Jean Mauvais Jean Mauvais - Brandon / - 4 episodes, 1966-1967
Jean Saudray Jean Saudray - Ben Gunn / - 4 episodes, 1966-1967
Sylvain Levignac Sylvain Levignac - 'Schwarzer Hund' / - 4 episodes, 1966-1967
François Darbon François Darbon - Marc Hawkins 4 episodes, 1966-1967
Leroy Haynes Leroy Haynes - Abraham Gray / - 4 episodes, 1966-1967
Lucien Hubert Lucien Hubert - Redruth 4 episodes, 1966-1967
Dominique Maurin Dominique Maurin - Tom Purcell 4 episodes, 1966-1967
Poldo Bendandi Poldo Bendandi - Pirat / - 4 episodes, 1966-1967
Roger Lumont Roger Lumont - Tom Morgan 4 episodes, 1966-1967
Guy Saint-Jean Guy Saint-Jean - Diener / - 4 episodes, 1966-1967

Considered the best TV (or movie) adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's 'Treasure Island' of all time.

As the 'Hispanola' wasn't fully capable at sea, the sails could never be fully filled, as the ship would have capsized. For the scenes which show the ship in full sail, the ship would be pulled backwards to fill the sails with air, and the sequence was played in reverse.

Michael Ande (Jim Hawkins) and Ivor Dean (Jon Silver) remained close friends until Dean's death in 1974.

The treasure map shown in the movie is an exact copy of the map drawn by Robert Louis Stevenson, the author of 'Treasure Island', which was included in the book.

For the first time, Jim Hawkins (played by 22 year old Michael Ande) is portrayed as a young man of 18, rather than a boy of 10 or 12 as in many other movie versions of the 'Treasure Island'. Although the book describes him to be at least 17 years old.

In the first scenes of part 2, Silver shows Hawkins a severly damaged ship in the harbour of Bristol, the 'Southern Cross'. The wreck is actually the ship used as the 'Hispanola', after it had been damaged in a heavy storm after shooting had ended. The wreck was filmed afterwards and used for an additional scene in the movie.

Jean Mauvais appears in a double role as Pew, the blind beggar, in part one, and Brandon, a member of Jon Silver's crew, in parts 2, 3 and 4.

The island scenes were shot on the island of Corsica in the Mediterranean Sea. Various exotic plants and flowers were planted to make the island seem more tropical

The film was shot in 35mm color film. When it premiered on television in 1966 though, it was shown in black and white, as color TV was only introduced in West Germany in 1967.

Michael Ande, who plays Jim Hawkins, was severly injured during production. When the ship runs aground and Jim and Izrael Hands stumble, you can clearly see the knife fall out of Jim's belt. Ande fell directly into the open blade. In shock, he pulled the knife out with his back to the camera and continued to act the scene to the end. At 'cut', he finally collapsed. After urging him to get up and try another take, the crew finally realized what happened. The blade had gone through his belly right up to the pelvic bone, injuring a vital vein. A 5-hour emergency operation barely prevented him from losing his left leg, although his life remained in jeopardy for the next 7 days. As this accident occured during the end of the film's production and all major scenes had been shot, a double replaced Ande for the remaining scenes.

Michael Ande playing Jim Hawkins suffered a severe injury during his fight with with Izrael Hands on the ship. When the ship runs aground, they both stumble and fall. The knife Ande was carrying in his belt fell to the ground and landed with the blade pointing up, whereas Ande fell right into the knife, causing it to pierce his lower body down to the pelvis bone and injure a vital artery. His life was barely saved by emergency surgery. The remaining scenes were shot with a double, with the luck of the accident occuring towards the end of filming, and all major shots had been completed.

In the scene where Jim overhears the pirates, he is lying in a long boat instead of, as originally written in the book, sitting inside a barrel of apples. The actor Michael Ande was simply too tall to sit inside a barrel, so the script was changed to Jim sleeping in the boat on deck at night because he couldn't stand the stench of the other pirates. Before Silver tells his fellow pirate to reach for a bottle of rum hidden in said boat, Silver first asks for an apple out of the barrel, with which they gave a little wink to the original book scenario.


User reviews

SkroN

SkroN

Everybody who likes the novel, will like this four parter. And even if you don´t know the book, this adaption is very entertaining and stays very close to the novel.

A lot better, than the Muppets version and all other ones I have seen so far. The acting still is very convincing, especially Ivor Dean as Long John Silver.

The best about this movie is, it is preCGI, so you are not always distracted by searching for hidden effects. There are also no mattepaintings used, or they are so good that I didn´t find them.
Kearanny

Kearanny

What we have here, surprisingly turns out to be one of the finest film adaptations of Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island that I have seen. Beloved in Germany were it first appeared as a "four-parter" at Christmas 1966, this version, while not 100% adherent to the novel, nevertheless captures a spirit of adventure that is sadly missing in many other versions. One of the more problematic aspects is the casting of Michael Ande as Jim Hawkins. At 22 this former child star is simply too old for the role, yet he is likable and attractive and plays with such a boyish verve that one soon forgets his advanced age. English actor Ivor Dean cuts a fine figure as Long John Silver and unlike so many who have played the role gets his point across without chewing the scenery. The rest of the cast is equally fine. The whole thing is beautifully filmed and looks very expensive for a television production. At 344 minutes, you'd think that it would suffer from over-length, but it does not. I watched the whole thing in one sitting, riveted. By the way, the DVD of Die Schatzinsel offers no English language subtitles, but even with my beginning German skills (I can't speak a lick of German!) I liked this a lot.

Just a word of caution: My first experience with this movie was a badly dubbed English version, cut down to movie length. I thought it was horrible, badly paced, dull, incoherent and just plain odd. Well,of course it was bad! Aside from the washed out print and the horrible voice work, over three hours of the film had been cut! Avoid that version like the plague.
Nalme

Nalme

Very realistic and not picturing the 2 opposite parties in black and white. Also good that the audience is led through the story by different characters and even by the young AND the old Jim Hawkins. Also the music helps a good deal to built up the tension. A pirate story for children and grown-ups.
Wafi

Wafi

I have seen it after 32 years - thanks my friend from Germany who sent my tapes with this. Great and I can recommend to all. It is very nice series and what to do if our TV is not able to repeat it, they rejected it but we have also dabing for these series. Compositor for music is coming from Prague - he is old 80...Music is in CD...