Die Schatzinsel
About Die Schatzinsel
A live-action six-part West German/French adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic adventure novel. Although not directly faithful, it is a highly liberal and stylised re-imagining that blends the pirate adventure with the popular genre of the time: the Euro-Western.
Die Schatzinsel is an action-adventure and western series that ran on ZDF and ORTF Télévision. The series is filed under wild west, treasure, miniseries, and 19th century.
It ran for one season of 4 episodes between December 1966 and January 1967.
Michael Ande stars as Jim Hawkins, Jacques Dacqmine as Squire John Trelawney, Georges Riquier as Dr David Livesey, and Jean Mauvais as James Brandon. The series began as a novel.
1883, Alias Grace, and Lonesome Dove make useful companions to Die Schatzinsel.