Treasure Island (1988 film)

Treasure Island
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Russian: Остров Сокровищ
Based onTreasure Island
by Robert Louis Stevenson
Written byYuri Alikov
David Cherkassky
Directed byDavid Cherkassky
Starring
Music byVolodymyr Bystryakov
Country of originSoviet Union
Original languageRussian
Production
AnimatorRadna Sakhaltuev
Running time
  • 107 minutes
  • 72 minutes (U.S.)
Production companyKievnauchfilm
Original release
Release15 September 1986 (1986-09-15) –
24 October 1988 (1988-10-24)
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Treasure Island (Russian: «Остров Сокровищ», romanizedOstrov Sokrovishch) is a Soviet two-part live-action/animated adventure comedy television film adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's novel Treasure Island (1883). Created by the studio Kievnauchfilm in-between 1986 and 1988, the film features mostly traditional animation with some related live action sequences.

The first part, Captain Flint's Map, aired in 1986; the second, Captain Flint's Treasure, aired in 1988. Subsequent airings would combine them into one program. The film won the Grand Prize in Minsk, 1987, the Grand Prize in Kyiv, 1989, and the 1st Prize in International Cinema Festival of Television films in Czechoslovakia.

It was released in the United States as The Return to Treasure Island, direct-to-video in-between 1989 and 1992. The live-action sections were removed, resulting in a version 34 minutes shorter than the original cut. It features the voices of Jan Rabson and Steve Bulen.