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A blast from my past... a version of the Robinson Crusoe story made into a TV series back in Dinosaur Days... 1964

A French language version, dubbed into English... but it worked OK because there was a minimum of actual dialog (naturally) with a narrator voicing Robinson's "thoughts"

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The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (TV series)

The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (French: Les Aventures de Robinson Crusoë) was a French children's television drama series made by Franco London Films (a.k.a. FLF Television Paris). The show was first aired in Germany in October 1964 under the title Robinson Crusoe as four 90 minute episodes by co-producers ZDF television, and syndicated in the USA the same year. It was first aired in the UK in 1965 as a 13 part serial, this English dubbed version produced by Henry Deutschmeister also had a new musical soundtrack composed by Robert Mellin and P. Reverberi which gave the serial a more strident and appealing theme tune than the music composed by George Van Parys for the French/German original. The production concentrated not only on events on the island but included Crusoe's other adventures, told in flashback.

The series was based on the first of Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe novels, but is perhaps best remembered for the haunting theme music composed for the English language version—recreated since by bands such as The Art of Noise. "The theme tune, with its rumbling introductory notes suggesting the rolling waves of the on-screen title sequence remains distinctive, as does the full incidental score, comprising numerous cues that in each case represent some part of Crusoe's existence. The score combines the maritime idiom of the late 17th and early 18th centuries with some very 1960s influences—(later, composer Gian Piero Reverberi's Rondò Veneziano re-imagined Vivaldi for the 20th century, a recognisably similar project.")

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I go along with the "haunting Theme music" comment... the theme music has stuck with me all these years.

"The theme tune, with its rumbling introductory notes suggesting the rolling waves of the on-screen title sequence remains distinctive, as does the full incidental score"

Robinson Crusoe Suite (1964 TV Series Theme)


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The 13 part serial is available on Youtube.... start with Episode 1 follow links at YT for subsequent episodes.


Robinson Crusoe Episode 1 Part 1 of 3


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Episode list

Part 1.
Whilst travelling on a ship form Brazil to Africa, a violent storm casts Robinson onto a desert island off the coast of South America. He spends his solitude in remembering his youthful escapades in York.
Part 2.
Alone on his island, Robinson solves the problem of food and meets his first companion.
Part 3.
Robinson recalls leaving home and travelling to Hull to seek a ship. The remains of the 'Esmeralda' are washed near the shore and he busies himself salvaging as much as possible before it sinks.
Part 4.
Robinson recalls his first sea voyages and finds a cave which becomes his new home.
Part 5.
In the intervals of building a shelter and making furniture, Robinson recalls how he was assumed to be dead by his friends and was sold into slavery.
Part 6.
A fire in his cave destroys all he has created. While rebuilding his home he recalls how he escaped from slavery and the events that led him to become owner of a Brazilian banana plantation.
Part 7.
Robinson relates how he came to be involved in the wreck of the "Esmerelda".
Part 8.
Robinson discovers an abandoned ship and pirate's treasure hoard.
Part 9.
Having drifted with the pirate ship Robinson lands on another part of the island.
Part 10.
Robinson encounters the cannibals and rescues Friday.
Part 11.
Robinson tries to teach Friday how to become civilised but Friday runs away.
Part 12.
Friday returns and other unwelcome visitors arrive on the island.
Part 13.
Friday and Robinson defeat the mutineers and escape from the island.

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