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Robby (1968)

Robby poster
Directed by
Ralph C. Bluemke
Genre
coming-of-age film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h
Rating
5.9 of 10 from 11 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A group of children are stranded on a remote island and have to survive on their own. The story is based on Robinson Crusoe but with kids as the main characters.

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What happens

Robby is a 1968 family film written and directed by Ralph C. Bluemke. It is a modern-day retelling of Daniel Defoe's 1719 novel Robinson Crusoe in which the main characters are portrayed as children. The film deals with many themes, including friendship, homesickness, racial blindness and naturism. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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