---
title: 'A German Robinson Crusoe (1940)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Arnold Fanck'
released: '1940-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 81
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/a-german-robinson-crusoe-1940'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032994/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# A German Robinson Crusoe (1940)

1940 · 81 min · Drama · Germany

Original title: Ein Robinson

## Synopsis

A German Robinson Crusoe is a 1940 German drama film directed by Arnold Fanck and starring Herbert A.E. Böhme, Marieluise Claudius, and Claus Clausen. Written by Arnold Fanck and Rolf Meyer, the film is a modern-day Robinson Crusoe story about a man so angry about the post-World War I conditions in Weimar Germany that he voluntarily goes to live on a desert island. The film was shot partly on location in South America.

## Credits

- **Producer:** [Oskar Marion](https://cinepixo.com/people/oskar-marion)
- **Director:** [Arnold Fanck](https://cinepixo.com/people/arnold-fanck)
- **Screenplay:** [Rolf Meyer](https://cinepixo.com/people/rolf-meyer)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Werner Bochmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/werner-bochmann)
- **Director of Photography:** [Sepp Allgeier](https://cinepixo.com/people/sepp-allgeier), [Albert Benitz](https://cinepixo.com/people/albert-benitz), [Hans Ertl](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-ertl)
- **Editor:** [Johannes Lüdke](https://cinepixo.com/people/johannes-ludke)

## Cast

- [Malte Jaeger](https://cinepixo.com/people/malte-jaeger)
- [Ludwig Schmid-Wildy](https://cinepixo.com/people/ludwig-schmid-wildy)
- [Claus Clausen](https://cinepixo.com/people/claus-clausen)
- [Charly Berger](https://cinepixo.com/people/charly-berger)
- [Oskar Marion](https://cinepixo.com/people/oskar-marion)
- [Otto Kronburger](https://cinepixo.com/people/otto-kronburger)
- [Marieluise Claudius](https://cinepixo.com/people/marieluise-claudius)
- [Georg Völkel](https://cinepixo.com/people/georg-volkel)
- [Herbert A.E. Böhme](https://cinepixo.com/people/herbert-a-e-bohme)
- [Martin Rickelt](https://cinepixo.com/people/martin-rickelt)
- [Wilhelm Paul Krüger](https://cinepixo.com/people/wilhelm-paul-kruger)

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