Dec 24, 2009

Robinson Crusoe | Media Adaptations

Since the silent black-and-white film in 1916 with Robert Paton Gibbs, there have been some sixteen film adaptations of Robinson Crusoe This count includes versions in French, Spanish, Russian, Swiss, and German.

Aidan Quinn played the title role in Crusoe, the 1989 film version of Defoe's novel.

However, this count does not include all of the spin-offs, such as a female Crusoe—as early as a silent film made in 1917—or...