20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1916)
1916 · Silent film · 98 min · dir. Stuart Paton
The First Submarine Photoplay Ever Filmed
- silent film
- Adventure
- Science Fiction
Synopsis
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. He abandoned her and a sailor on a mysterious island and has come back after all these years to see if she is still alive and if the nightmares he has will stop. The daughter has been found by five survivors of a Union Army Balloon that crashed near the island. At sea, Professor Aronnax was aboard the ship 'Abraham Lincoln' when Nemo rammed it and threw the Professor, his daughter and two others into the water. Prisoners at first, they are now treated as guests to view the underwater world and to hunt under the waves. Nemo will also tells them about the Nautilus and the revenge that has driven him for all these years.
Synopsis from OMDb
Details
- Director
- Stuart Paton
- Writer
- Jules Verne
- Cinematography
- Milton Loryea
- Studio
- The Universal Film Mfg. Co.
- Released
- 1916-12-24
- Running time
- 98 minutes
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Silent Films, Feature Films
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- 20
- 000 Leagues Under the Sea
Cast & crew
Stuart Paton Director
William Welsh
Allen Holubar
Wallis Clark
Joseph W. Girard
Jane Gail
Howard Crampton
Noble Johnson
Matt Moore
