The Girl and the Legend

1957 film

The Girl and the Legend


German	Robinson soll nicht sterben

Directed by	Josef von Báky
Written by	Friedrich Forster (play) Johannes Mario Simmel Emil Burri
Starring	Romy Schneider Horst Buchholz
Cinematography	Günther Anders
Music by	Georg Haentzschel
Production company	Neue Deutsche Filmgesellschaft
Distributed by	Herzog Film
Release date	7 February 1957 (1957-02-07)
Running time	97 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

The Girl and the Legend (German: Robinson soll nicht sterben) is a 1957 German historical drama film directed by Josef von Báky and starring Romy Schneider, Horst Buchholz and Erich Ponto.^[1] It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich.^[2] The film's sets were designed by the art director Hein Heckroth.

Cast

Romy Schneider as Maud
Horst Buchholz as Tom
Erich Ponto as Daniel Defoe
Mathias Wieman as King George II
Magda Schneider as Mrs. Cantley
Gustav Knuth as Carlton Heep
Rudolf Vogel as Mr. Herodes Pum
Elisabeth Flickenschildt as Miss Hackett
Günther Lüders as Mr. Drinkwater
Heinrich Gretler as Mr. Wilde
Roland Kaiser as Ben
Wolfgang Condrus as Charly
Urs Hess as Jim
Gert Fröbe as Mr. Gillis

References

^ Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. p. 190. ISBN 978-1-57181-655-9.
^ Petzel p.154