20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

12/24/19161h 39m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ The First Submarine Photoplay Ever Filmed ~

Overview:

Captain Nemo has built a fantastic submarine for his mission of revenge. He has traveled over 20,000 leagues in search of Charles Denver - a man who caused the death of Princess Daaker. Seeing what he had done, Denver took the daughter to his yacht and sailed away.

Director:

Stuart Paton

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$200,000.00

Revenue:

$8,000,000.00

Key words:

revenge
captain nemo

Cast

Allen Holubar

~ as ~

Captain Nemo, also known as Prince Daaker

Jane Gail

~ as ~

A child of nature/Princess Daaker

Howard Crampton

~ as ~

Cyrus Harding

Matt Moore

~ as ~

Lieutenant Bond

William Welsh

~ as ~

Charles Denver

Joseph W. Girard

~ as ~

Major Cameron

Curtis Benton

~ as ~

Ned Land

Edna Pendleton

~ as ~

Aronnax's daughter

Dan Hanlon

~ as ~

Professor Aronnax

Leviticus Jones

~ as ~

Neb

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Reviews (1)

CinemaSerf
Written 3 year(s) ago
6
Based on Jules Verne's story of revenge, this is actually quite an impressive production that tries pretty hard to deliver a reasonably plausible production of this tale of "Nemo" (Allen Holubar). He has built this magnificent undersea vessel so he can avenge the death of his beloved Princess "Daaker" at the hands of "Denver" (William Welch). Meantime, acclaimed French scientist "Aronnax" (Dan Hanlon) and his daughter (Edna Pendleton) have embarked upon a ship that is sunk by "Nemo" and both of them, as well as harpoonist "Ned Land" (Curtis Benton) are taken on board. Initially as prisoners, but once the captain discovers the credentials of "Aronnax" that regime is relaxed. How long can this man continue to raid the shipping lanes before the military might - and a bit of a fifth column - track him down? To get any joy from this, you have to remember not just how embryonic cinema was then, but underwater photography (and action imagery, at that) too. Certainly, the cast are really nothing to write home about and much of the start has more to do with the author's "Mysterious Island", but it is still a groundbreaking piece of cinema that though frequently rather slow and stodgy, is still worth watch.