Swiss Family Robinson
1940
93 Min
Synopsis
Edward Ludwig directed this first film adaptation of Johann David Wyss’s classic novel. In the early 19th century, the Robinson family — led by father William (Thomas Mitchell) — leaves England for Australia and ends up shipwrecked on a deserted South Pacific isle. Doing their best to survive, William, mother Elizabeth (Edna Best) and their four sons work to create an idyllic home, but soon pirates lay siege to the island.
Director
Edward Ludwig
Russian-born Edward Ludwig came to the U.S. as a child and was educated in Canada and New York City. He entered the film business as an actor in silents, then became a scenarist and screenwriter, and in the early 1930s, started directing. Although most of his films were routine second features, he showed a flair for action pictures, a good example of which is a John Wayne war epic he made for Republic, The Fighting Seabees (1944), one of Wayne’s better and most successful films for that studio. In the mid-’60s he turned to directing TV series. —IMDb
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