The Girl and the Legend

London, in 1730. Charly, Jim and Ben work hard, with the brave Maud, in a cotton mill to earn a few shillings. They all dream of the wonderful island told by Daniel Defoe. The latter lives in a miserable room. He is disgraced and rejected by his son Tom, a scoundrel who blames his father for losing his position at the Court ...

• Johannes Mario SimmelScreenplay
• Josef von BákyDirector
• Emil BurriScreenplay
• Georg HaentzschelOriginal Music Composer

• Romy SchneiderMaud Cantley
• Horst BuchholzTom
• Erich PontoDaniel Defoe
• Magda SchneiderMrs. Cantley
• Mathias WiemanKönig Georg II.
• Rudolf VogelMr. Herodes Pum
• Elisabeth FlickenschildtMiss Hackett
• Günther LüdersDr. Drinkwater
• Roland KaiserBen
• Wolfgang CondrusCharly
• Gert FröbeMr.Gillis
• Joseph OffenbachMr.Miles