Film adaption of the novel by Jean Craighead George. A family movie made by Paramount Studios, the story revolves around thirteen-year old Sam Gribley (Teddy Eccles), a devotee of Thoreau, as many were back in the in 1960's. Sam decides to leave the city (set in Toronto) to spend a sabbatical in the Canadian woods and see if he can make it as a self-sufficient spirit after his parents promise a summer trip that doesn't pan out.

Movie rating: 6.6 / 10 (1169)

Directed by: James B. Clark - Joanna Crawford - Jean George - Jane Klove

Writer credits: Joanna Crawford - Jean George

Cast: Ted Eccles - Theodore Bikel - Tudi Wiggins - Paul Hébert - Cosette Lee

AKA: Ein Jahr als Robinson

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