A shipwreck, a jungle, and a TV pilot that vanished for 42 years.
After having been recently shipwrecked, a group of survivors begin dealing with both the reality of being stranded on a remote island as well as with feelings of alienation and isolation. Adapted from the novel by Johann Wyss, this was the pilot episode for a proposed television series co-produced by Edgar G. Ulmer and Louis Hayward. Filmed in Mexico in 1957 and bearing a 1958 copyright, Swiss Family Robinson: Lost in the Jungle was not "released" until 2000, when it was included as an extra feature on the DVD version of Ulmer's The Pirates of Capri.
Production
Mexico-shot jungle locations on a shoestring budget.
Direction
Ulmer's noir instincts awkwardly meet family fare.
Director
Edgar G. Ulmer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This pilot was produced for a 1957 TV series that never sold, leaving it unseen until a 2000 DVD buried it as a bonus feature.
Edgar G. Ulmer, king of poverty row noir (Detour), directing wholesome family adventure is like Werner Herzog making a Disney Channel original.
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