Treasure Island (Russian: Остров сокровищ, romanized: 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 leninist-marxist ideology. The book's character of Jim Hawkins is transformed into a young woman named Jenny, and the characters are attempting to find the treasure in order to fund an Irish and anti-British rebellion.[1] An English language version was directed by David Bradley.
| Treasure Island | |
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| Directed by | Vladimir Vaynshtok |
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| Based on | Treasure Island 1883 novel by Robert Louis Stevenson |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Mikhail Kirillov |
| Edited by | M. Shitova |
| Music by | Nikita Bogoslovsky |
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Release date | 5 January 1938 |
Running time | 92 minutes |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
Plot summary edit
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Cast edit
- Klavdiya Pugachova as Jenny Hawkins
- Osip Abdulov as John Silver
- Mikhail Klimov as Trelawney
- Nikolai Cherkasov as Billy Bones
- Aleksandr Bykov as Captain Smollett
- Iona Bij-Brodsky as George Mari
- Pyotr Galadzhev as Ben Gunn
- Aleksandr Levshin
- Nikolai Michurin
- Mikhail Tsaryov as Dr. Livesey
- Vladimir Yershov
- L. Meshcherin
- V. Yakushenko
References edit
- ^ Dobrenko & Balina p.243
Bibliography edit
- Evgeny Dobrenko & Marina Balina. The Cambridge Companion to Twentieth-Century Russian Literature. Cambridge University Press, 2011.
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