Matthias Schweighöfer

Amrum Island, Spring 1945. In the final days of the war, 12-year-old Nanning braves the treacherous sea to hunt seals, goes fishing at night, and works the nearby farm to help his mother feed the family. Despite the hardship, life on the beautiful, windswept island almost feels like paradise. But when peace finally comes, it reveals a deeper threat: the enemy is far closer than he imagined.

On a tiny exotic island, Tuesday, an outgoing parrot lives with his quirky animal friends in paradise. However, Tuesday can't stop dreaming about discovering the world. After a violent storm, Tuesday and his friends wake up to find a strange creature on the beach: Robinson Crusoe. Tuesday immediately views Crusoe as his ticket off the island to explore new lands. Likewise, Crusoe soon realizes that the key to surviving on the island is through the help of Tuesday and the other animals. It isn't always easy at first, as the animals don't speak "human." Slowly but surely, they all start living together in harmony, until one day, when their comfortable life is overturned by two savage cats, who wish to take control of the island. A battle ensues between the cats and the group of friends but Crusoe and the animals soon discover the true power of friendship up against all odds (even savage cats).

On a tiny isolated South Pacific Island, a Red-and-green macaw named Mak (James Arnold Taylor) and his friends live the perfect life. Blue skies, beautiful turquoise water, and lots of delicious fruit and crunchy insects. But every day is the same and Mak is really bored. Convinced there is more than just water over the horizon, he dreams of leaving his little paradise and exploring the world. Meanwhile, Robinson Crusoe (Yuri Lowenthal) and his dog Aynsley (Doug Stone) have booked passage on a ship in order to explore the islands. During a very violent tropical storm, the two are locked in the ship's hull with a pair of embittered cats, Mal (Jeff Doucette) and May (Debi Tinsley), while the crew escapes with their lives. Mal and May hate Crusoe as Crusoe keeps stopping from raiding the ship's food supplies. He is knocked unconscious by a Lantern leaving Aynsley mourning over his master. Washing ashore on the island, Crusoe begins to take stock of the remaining supplies. Crusoe begins to look for a way out while a group of animals of the island, Kiki (Marieve Herington) a kingfisher, an elderly goat named Scrubby (Joey Camen), a veiled chameleon called Carmello (Colin Metzger), a Malayan tapir called Rosie (Laila Berzins), a ground Pangolin with an Australian accent called Pango (Jeff Doucette), a scarlet macaw Mak and a Echidna named Epi (Sandy Fox) watch him from a distance. While the animals, unsure of what to make of the new arrivals, hide out on the beach. While the others become secretly worried that The Stranger on the island will murder them, Mak thinks that The Stranger's arrival will be his ticket to see what the world outside of their island might be. Unfortunately, Mak is attacked by Mal and May, having also survived the storm. Aynsley manages to drive them off and Crusoe takes Mak aboard the wreckage to recover. He names the bird Tuesday and Aynsley convinces him that Crusoe is not a problem. Determined to take control of the island and make the human pay for the years of bad treatment they had to endure, Meanwhile, Mal and May trick Kiki and the others into believing Crusoe has murdered Tuesday and have them attack Crusoe. Mal and May go into the ship wreckage and start attacking Tuesday while Aynsley protects him. In the ensuing chaos, Aynsley is pinned under a door as the remains of the ship begin to catch fire. Tuesday makes it out in time, but Aynsley dies in the explosion, which leads the animals think that Tuesday died in the explosion. Mal and May are thrown out of the ship into the black water and end up stranded on "Curse Island", a little island where all the bugs live. May has a litter of kittens on the Curse Island & plans her revenge on Crusoe. Mak leads a grieving Crusoe to the others in an attempt to cheer him up. Scrubby throws a heart attack, but the animals approach the stranger. Slowly but surely, the animals realize that Crusoe is friendly and begin helping him adjust to life on the island. However, Kiki becomes increasingly annoyed by the others' willingness to adapt to Crusoe's lifestyle. Meanwhile, Mal and May manage to get back on the main island and decide to put an end to Crusoe and his friends' easy lives. While building a home for Crusoe, Tuesday explains to his friends that when he was a little parrot, his family abandoned him when a band of cats started attacking them. The Pirate crew notice that they didn't pay attention to Crusoe when he was trapped inside the below deck and begin rowing across the sea for him. Mal and May try to murder Crusoe but are catapulted into a pit full of quicksand and attacked by some wolves. Scrubby teaches Crusoe how to find food and pineapples so they wouldn't starve. When Kiki warns Tuesday about the cats, Tuesday tells her that nothing bad will happen but is soon abducted by a bruised and covered in quicksand Mal and May. Crusoe watches with worry and convinces the other animals to rescue Tuesday. Mal and May arrive at a nearby Shipwrecked ship and begin torturing Tuesday by telling them their past life. The animals arrive to the rescue and save Tuesday by throwing plates and meat while Mal and May manage to attract herds of other cats during the fight. However, Crusoe accidentally drops a candle causing the whole Shipwrecked ship on fire and the Animals running for their lives. Tuesday encourages the animals to fight for themselves instead of running away in fear which Rosie tries to decline. They all manage to defeat the herd of cats and Mal and May by breaking all of the wooden planks sending a few falling into the murky black water below. Tuesday is able to drive the cats away, but his wing gets caught and is unable to get free. Seeing him in trouble, Carmello breaks the wooden plank freeing Tuesday and making him have enough time to escape. Mal and May and the other herd of cats fall into the black water below and are forced to use a broken wooden Watchtower for a raft. Just before the animals could celebrate, Tuesday notices smoke rising and notices that Crusoe is still trapped under the burning ship. Alarmed, Tuesday flies to the rescue and notices Crusoe trapped under a pile of planks. He is able to free him, and they are able to escape from the burning ship. But as they are escaping, a falling wooden plank falls and knocks Crusoe unconscious. The animals are alarmed by this and arrive to help him where Kiki uses a raft as a stretcher, and they are able to carry him to safety where the pirate crew nurse him back to health the next morning. Tuesday is able to tell a group of animals about the rescue last night and how Mal and May got defeated leaving them pleased that the cats won't come back to the island. The pirate crew get ready to head back to England, but Crusoe convinces them to stay at the island because the animals helped survive and saved him when he was unconscious. They decide to stay when they see the animals in the corner, and they head to the animals where Crusoe shares a hug with Tuesday. During the post credits, Mal and May and the other herd of cats holding onto the Watchtower and are found by the wolves who attack them

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