Treasure Island

Series · 1 Season · ~299 min total

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Treasure Island

by Robert Louis Stevenson

X marks the spot—but the real treasure is surviving.

Episodes

15 episodes · ~299 min
The Old Sea-Dog
Ep 1

The Old Sea-Dog

A mysterious sea captain arrives at a coastal inn, fleeing unknown enemies and harboring a dangerous secret. When his past catches up to him, Jim Hawkins finds himself caught between danger and destiny.

The Sea-Chest
Ep 2

The Sea-Chest

Jim and his mother return to the inn to retrieve the captain's mysterious sea-chest, narrowly escaping the pirate crew led by the blind beggar Pew. Their discovery of a hidden map reveals the location of Captain Flint's legendary buried treasure.

The Sea-Cook
Ep 3

The Sea-Cook

Jim travels to Bristol and joins the crew of the Hispaniola. He meets the ship's cook, Long John Silver, a charismatic one-legged sailor—and discovers Black Dog lurking in the tavern.

Land Ho!
Ep 4

Land Ho!

As the Hispaniola sails toward Treasure Island, Jim discovers the shocking truth—the crew is led by a mutiny conspiracy to steal the treasure and kill the officers.

Land and Discovery
Ep 5

Land and Discovery

The Hispaniola sights Treasure Island. Jim reveals the mutiny plot to the officers, who plan a counter-strategy. As the crew goes ashore, Jim stows away—and witnesses murder in the island's interior.

The Man of the Island
Ep 6

The Man of the Island

Jim witnesses Tom's murder at Silver's hand and flees into the forest, where he encounters Ben Gunn—a half-mad castaway who reveals a secret that could change everything.

The Stockade
Ep 7

The Stockade

The honest men escape the sinking ship and rush supplies to a fortified stockade on the island. Jim arrives safely with a startling secret from Ben Gunn, but Tom Redruth falls to enemy fire. When Silver appears at dawn under a flag of truce, the siege truly begins.

Silver's Embassy
Ep 8

Silver's Embassy

The mutineers demand the treasure map under flag of truce. Captain Smollett refuses them utterly, and Long John Silver storms away with threats of imminent assault.

Jim Cuts Loose
Ep 9

Jim Cuts Loose

The stockade siege ends with heavy losses. Jim's disgust and restlessness drive him to escape—and to sabotage the Hispaniola by cutting her adrift. He launches into the fog-dark night in Ben Gunn's hidden coracle, only to be swept out to sea.

The Boarding
Ep 10

The Boarding

Stranded in Ben Gunn's coracle, Jim cuts the Hispaniola adrift from her anchor. The ebb tide sweeps him and the ship out to sea, beginning a desperate daylong pursuit that ends with Jim boarding the drifting vessel—only to discover a dead man and a mortally wounded Israel Hands.

The Coxswain's Fall
Ep 11

The Coxswain's Fall

Jim commandeers the Hispaniola, but the wounded coxswain Israel Hands hides a blood-stained dirk and hunts him across the tilting deck.

The Alliance Forged
Ep 12

The Alliance Forged

Jim is captured by Silver and the mutineers. His defiant confession triggers chaos—but Silver's iron will and a mysterious treasure map restore his command. By morning, unlikely partnerships are formed.

The Hunt Begins
Ep 13

The Hunt Begins

Doctor Livesey arrives at the stockade and makes a secret pact with Long John Silver. With Jim pledged to silence and a fragile alliance forged, Silver leads the treasure hunters toward the promised fortune—but dangerous secrets remain hidden.

The Empty Cache
Ep 14

The Empty Cache

The treasure hunt reaches its climax when Jim and the party discover the skeleton pit empty—only to learn that Ben Gunn has hidden the gold safely. A deadly gunfight erupts on the plateau, and Silver makes a choice that saves them all.

Homeward
Ep 15

Homeward

The crew departs Treasure Island with their fortune secured. Yet danger and betrayal persist as they race to return home, and Long John Silver has one final trick to play.

About this world

Treasure Island in German

Jim Hawkins keeps his head down at his family's quiet English inn until a dying sea captain leaves a map behind — and men with knives start asking after it. He sails for the treasure among a crew he has no reason to doubt, and the friendliest man aboard is the one who means to kill him.

Author
Robert Louis Stevenson
Language
German
Levels
A1 · A2 · B1 · B2 · C1 · C2
Episodes
15 episodes
Words at C2
29,408
Reading time
~3 h 30 min

How it reads

The Old Sea-Dog · German

Da die Herren Trelawney, Dr. Livesey und die übrigen mich ersucht haben, alle Einzelheiten über die Schatzinsel – vom Anfang bis zum Ende – niederzuschreiben, ergreife ich die Feder und kehre in jene Zeit zurück, da mein Vater das Gasthaus »Zum Admiral Benbow« betrieb.

Ich entsinne mich seiner, als wäre es gestern: ein großer, kräftiger, schwerer, nussbrauner Mann, dessen teeriger Zopf über die Schulter seines schmutzigen blauen Rocks fiel, die Hände zerrissen und vernarbt, eine Säbelwunde quer über eine Wange, schmutzig und leichenblass.

Eine Handkarre, beladen mit seiner Seemannskiste, folgte ihm den Weg hinauf.

Er blickte sich in der Bucht um, pfiff vor sich hin und brach dann in Gesang aus.

Fünfzehn Mann auf des Toten Kiste –

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