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Release Date:
October 5, 1929
Original Title:
The Mysterious Island
Genres:
Action | Adventure | Drama | Fantasy | Horror | Science Fiction
Production Companies:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 12 SE: 15 US: NR
Runtime: 95
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.
Art Direction:
Cedric Gibbons
Book:
Jules Verne
Director:
Benjamin Christensen
Maurice Tourneur
Lucien Hubbard
Director of Photography:
Percy Hilburn
Editor:
Carl Pierson
Music:
Arthur Lange
Martin Broones
Paul Lamkoff
William Axt
Producer:
J. Ernest Williamson
Special Effects:
J. Ernest Williamson
Writer:
Lucien Hubbard
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