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Robinson Crusoe

  • 19541954
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  • 1h 30m
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Robinson Crusoe (1954)
The classic story of Robinson Crusoe, a man who is dragged to a desert island after a shipwreck.
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The classic story of Robinson Crusoe, a man who is dragged to a desert island after a shipwreck.The classic story of Robinson Crusoe, a man who is dragged to a desert island after a shipwreck.The classic story of Robinson Crusoe, a man who is dragged to a desert island after a shipwreck.
IMDb RATING
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4.2K
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    • Luis Buñuel
    • Daniel Defoe(novel "Robinson Crusoe")
    • Hugo Butler(screenplay)
    • Luis Buñuel(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Dan O'Herlihy
    • Jaime Fernández
    • Felipe de Alba
    • Luis Buñuel
    • Daniel Defoe(novel "Robinson Crusoe")
    • Hugo Butler(screenplay)
    • Luis Buñuel(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Dan O'Herlihy
    • Jaime Fernández
    • Felipe de Alba
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    • 44User reviews
    • 30Critic reviews
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    • Nominated for 1 Oscar

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    Dan O'Herlihy in Robinson Crusoe (1954)
    Dan O'Herlihy in Robinson Crusoe (1954)
    Felipe de Alba and Chel López in Robinson Crusoe (1954)
    Felipe de Alba and Chel López in Robinson Crusoe (1954)
    Felipe de Alba and Chel López in Robinson Crusoe (1954)
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    Robinson Crusoe (1954)
    Jaime Fernández in Robinson Crusoe (1954)
    Jaime Fernández in Robinson Crusoe (1954)
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    Felipe de Alba in Robinson Crusoe (1954)
    José Chávez and Emilio Garibay in Robinson Crusoe (1954)

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    Dan O'Herlihy
    Dan O'Herlihy
    • Robinson Crusoe
    • (as Daniel O'Herlihy)
    • …
    Jaime Fernández
    Jaime Fernández
    • Friday
    • (as Jaime Fernandez)
    Felipe de Alba
    • Captain Oberzo
    Chel López
    • The Bos'n
    • (as Chel Lopez)
    José Chávez
    • Leader of the Mutiny
    • (as Jose Chavez)
    Emilio Garibay
    • Leader of the Mutiny
      • Luis Buñuel
      • Daniel Defoe(novel "Robinson Crusoe")
      • Hugo Butler(screenplay) (originally as Philip Ansell Roll)
      • Luis Buñuel(screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      The three lead actors all died in 2005.
    • Goofs
      When Robinson looks at a neighboring island for the first time through his telescope, the scene shown as though looking through the telescope is just a picture of the island - nothing in it moves including the waves.
    • Quotes

      Robinson Crusoe: If anyone in England met such an odd creature as I was in my 18th year of solitude, it must either have frightened them or caused a great deal of laughter.

    • Alternate versions
      According to Dan O'Herlihy, he would perform each scene twice, once in English and then once in Spanish, for the English-language and Spanish-language versions, although a Spanish-speaking actor was used later to dub O'Herlihy's voice in the Spanish-language version anyway.
    • Connections
      Featured in Family Classics: Family Classics: The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1962)

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    10/10
    Bunuel's rare optimism
    Defoe is not obvious Bunuel material in the way that Wuthering Heights is but the very tension between director and writer makes it the more interesting film. One scene especially should be viewed by anyone who holds that Bunuel's brilliance lies primarily in his surreal imagery marvelous as this. Crusoe in despair at his his solitude calls out 'The Lord is my shepherd' at the hills. As he he hears only the echo of his his voice even the lush tropical landscape appears to mock him. Once seen and heard(Dan O'Herhiley's voice is wonderful here) the VCR and DVD become redundant. The ending low key and unrhetorical is one of the rare moments of uplift offered by Bunuel. Relish it! Bunuel's adaptation of Defoe is one his rare films,others are 'Cela s'appelle l'aurore','The Young One' and 'Nazarin' in which some sense of optimism in human solidarity moderates the general bleakness of his view of the human condition.
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    • Mar 29, 2003

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    • Release date
      • August 5, 1954 (United States)
      • Mexico
      • United States
      • English
      • Spanish
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    • Filming locations
      • Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico
    • Production companies
      • Producciones Tepeyac
      • Oscar Dancigers Production
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