Die Schatzinsel
Created by Walter Ulbrich
On ZDF, ORTF Télévision
A stylised 1960s Euro-Western reimagining of a classic adventure novel, blending pirate treasure-hunting with Wild West aesthetics in a brisk, episodic miniseries.
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. In place of the novel's 18th-century setting is a distinct 19th-century 'Wild West' with cowboy style wardrobe and firearms. The central premise remains: a young man, Jim Hawkins, comes into possession of a treasure map and embarks on a voyage to a remote island.
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