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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

19075.10h 10m

Overview

The film, a parody of the novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne, follows a fisherman, Yves, who dreams of traveling by submarine to the bottom of the ocean, where he encounters both realistic and fanciful sea creatures, including a chorus of naiads played by dancers from the Théâtre du Châtelet. Méliès's design for the film includes cut-out sea animals patterned after Alphonse de Neuville's illustrations for Verne's novel.

Directed by Georges Méliès
Written by Jules Verne
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Manuel

Ives, a fisherman

Georges Méliès

Georges Méliès

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fishdreamssubmarinewater monsterunderwatercaptain nemo

About 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea is a adventure, fantasy film released in 1907 exploring themes of fish, dreams, submarine, water monster, underwater, captain nemo. Directed by Georges Méliès, it stars Manuel, Georges Méliès. The film, a parody of the novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne, follows a fisherman, Yves, who dreams of traveling by submarine to the bottom of the ocean, where he encounters both realistic and fanciful sea creatures, including a chorus of naiads played by dancers from the Théâtre du Châtelet. Méliès's design for the film includes cut-out sea animals patterned after Alphonse de Neuville's illustrations for Verne's novel.

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