''Treasure Island'' (russian: Остров сокровищ, 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
Robert Louis Stevenson (born Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson; 13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist, essayist, poet and travel writer. He is best known for works such as ''Treasure Island'', ''Strange Case of Dr Jekyll a ...
's novel ''
Treasure Island
''Treasure Island'' (originally titled ''The Sea Cook: A Story for Boys''Hammond, J. R. 1984. "Treasure Island." In ''A Robert Louis Stevenson Companion'', Palgrave Macmillan Literary Companions. London: Palgrave Macmillan. .) is an adventure no ...
''. 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
Treasure (from la, thesaurus from Greek language ''thēsauros'', "treasure store") is a concentration of wealth — often originating from ancient history — that is considered lost and/or forgotten until rediscovered. Some jurisdictions le ...
in order to fund an Irish and anti-British rebellion.
[Dobrenko & Balina p.243] An
English language
English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the ...
version was directed by
David Bradley.
Cast
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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
Nikolai or Nikolay is an East Slavic variant of the masculine name Nicholas. It may refer to:
People Royalty
* Nicholas I of Russia (1796–1855), or Nikolay I, Emperor of Russia from 1825 until 1855
* Nicholas II of Russia (1868–1918), or Nik ...
*
Mikhail Tsaryov as Dr. Livesey
* Vladimir Yershov
* L. Meshcherin
* V. Yakushenko
References
Bibliography
* Evgeny Dobrenko & Marina Balina. ''The Cambridge Companion to Twentieth-Century Russian Literature''. Cambridge University Press, 2011.
External links
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1938 films
Soviet historical adventure films
Soviet black-and-white films
1930s historical adventure films
Films set in Ireland
Treasure Island films
1930s Russian-language films
Films directed by Vladimir Vaynshtok
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