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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…

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Details

Director
Stuart Paton
Writer
Jules Verne
Cinematography
Milton Loryea
Studio
The Universal Film Mfg. Co.
Released
1916-12-24
Running time
98 minutes

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