The Girl and the Legend

The Girl and the Legend

90 mins | Drama | Feb. 7, 1957

London, in 1730. Charly, Jim and Ben work hard, with the brave Maud, in a cotton mill to earn a few shillings. They all dream of the wonderful island told by Daniel Defoe. The latter lives in a miserable room. He is disgraced and rejected by his son Tom, a scoundrel who blames his father for losing his position at the Court ...

The Girl and the Legend

90 mins | Drama | Feb. 7, 1957

The Girl and the Legend
London, in 1730. Charly, Jim and Ben work hard, with the brave Maud, in a cotton mill to earn a few shillings. They all dream of the wonderful island told by Daniel Defoe. The latter lives in a miserable room. He is disgraced and rejected by his son Tom, a scoundrel who blames his father for losing his position at the Court ...
IMDb rating 6.1
Producers Neue Deutsche Filmgesellschaft (NDF)
Original title Robinson soll nicht sterben
Directors Rudolf Noelte, Josef von Báky
Writers Friedrich Forster-Burggraf, Emil Burri, Johannes Mario Simmel

Cast

Romy Schneider

as Maud Cantley

Erich Ponto

as Daniel Defoe

Magda Schneider

as Mrs. Cantley

Mathias Wieman

as König Georg II.

Rudolf Vogel

as Mr. Herodes Pum

Elisabeth Flickenschildt

as Miss Hackett

Günther Lüders

as Dr. Drinkwater

Roland Kaiser

as Ben

Wolfgang Condrus

as Charly

Gert Fröbe

as Mr.Gillis

Joseph Offenbach

as Mr.Miles

Ernst Fritz Fürbringer

as Lord Horace

Siegfried Lowitz

as Mr.Greene

Mario Adorf

as Bertie

Heinrich Gretler

as Mr.Wilde

Urs Hess

as Jim