The Island of the Lost (1921)
Die Insel der Verschollenen
A loose, unauthorized adaptation of the 1896 novel The Island of Doctor Moreau by H. G. Wells. Somewhat illogical, the film has more emphasis on comedy and romance than horror, but offers "memorable glimpses of human-animal hybrids".
- Date of release
- 1921-11-21
- TMDB
- 5.3 / 10 (6)
- Runtime
- 1h 18m
- Genres
- Science Fiction
- Director
- Urban Gad
Casting
- Fritz Beckmann — Jim
- Hans Behrendt — Pat Quickly
- Umberto Guarracino — Produkt aus der Geheimwerkstatt des Professors
- Nien Tso Ling — Fung-Lu
- Hermann Picha — Jess
- Desdemona Schlichting — Letzte Überlebende
- Hanni Weisse — Jane Crawford
Interesting facts
The Island of the Lost is a 1921 German silent science fiction film directed by Urban Gad and starring Alf Blütecher, Hanni Weisse and Erich Kaiser-Titz. It is a loose unauthorized adaptation of the 1896 novel The Island of Doctor Moreau by H. G. Wells. Wells was allegedly unaware that this unauthorized version of his novel existed. It was a common practice in the silent era for European filmmakers to produce unauthorized versions of famous works of literature, as evidenced by F. W. Murnau's Der Januskopf (1920) and Nosferatu (1922).
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