Twenty thousand miles under the Seas (film, 1916)

20000 Miles under the seas ( 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea ) of Stuart Lump , is a silent film of 1916 and one of the very first to include underwater scenes.

Comment

As the title implies it, it is of course about an adaptation of the book of Jules Verne (in fact of two, since there is also integrated passages of the mysterious Island). The Williamson brothers having developed for this film, starting from an invention of their father, a system allowing to film under water, one is entitled to some long scenes of sea-beds where one sees sometimes some fish, but also, more interesting, with meetings of walks in Scaphandres or a battle with a giant inflatable plastic octopus (the tueuse octopus making here its first appearance with the cinema). The vision of film is rather pleasant because the play of the actors is as surprising as the remainder: some make of it too much (like the girl lost, and become wild, of the Nemo captain), others hardly play, and one has sometimes the impression that nobody agreed on the way of playing in this film. The possible accessories suppliers also spoiled us with decorations and costumes sometimes not very identifiable or on the contrary too. The course of the intrigue is not, him also, in remainder. A curiosity, therefore.

Data sheet

original Title: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Realizer and scenario writer: Stuart Lump
according to Jules Verne, 20000 miles under the seas and the mysterious island
Production: Universal Film and Williamson Submarine Film Corporation
underwater Scenes: Ernest and George Williamson
Lasted: 100 min
the United States
Black and white
Dumb
Date: December 1916

Distribution

Allan Holubar : Captain Nemo
Laws Alexander
Wallace Clarke
Howard Crampton
Jane Gail
Joseph W. Girard
daN Hanlon

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Media

The film resulting from Internet site Watchmovies

External bonds

Some descriptions of underwater turning

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