
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea(1954)
A ship sent to investigate a wave of mysterious sinkings encounters the advanced submarine, the Nautilus, commanded by Captain Nemo.


“Actually filmed at the bottom of the ocean off the Bahamas, imperiled by hurricane and storm.”
On a volcanic island near the Kingdom of Hetvia rules Count Dakkar, a benevolent leader and scientist who has eliminated class distinction among the island's inhabitants. Dakkar, his sister Sonia and her fiance, engineer Nicolai Roget have designed a submarine which Roget pilots on its initial voyage just before the island is overrun by Baron Falon, despotic ruler of Hetvia. Falon sets out after Roget in a second submarine and the two craft, diving to the ocean's floor, discover a strange land populated by dragons, giant squid and an eerie undiscovered humanoid race.

Lionel Barrymore
Andre Dakkar

Jacqueline Gadsden
Sonia Dakkar

Lloyd Hughes
Nikolai Roget

Montagu Love
Falon

Montagu Love
Mikhail

Snitz Edwards
Anton

Gibson Gowland
Dmitry
Dolores Brinkman
Teresa

Karl Dane
(uncredited)

Pauline Starke
(uncredited)
The Mysterious Island is a adventure, science fiction, action, drama, fantasy, horror film released in 1929 exploring themes of submarine, inventor, jules verne, despot, equality, uprising. Directed by Benjamin Christensen, it stars Lionel Barrymore, Jacqueline Gadsden, Lloyd Hughes. On a volcanic island near the Kingdom of Hetvia rules Count Dakkar, a benevolent leader and scientist who has eliminated class distinction among the island's inhabitants. Dakkar, his sister Sonia and her fiance, engineer Nicolai Roget have designed a submarine which Roget pilots on its initial voyage just before the island is overrun by Baron Falon, despotic ruler of Hetvia. Falon sets out after Roget in a second submarine and the two craft, diving to the ocean's floor, discover a strange land populated by dragons, giant squid and an eerie undiscovered humanoid race.
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