20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1907)

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1907)

1907-02-15 France 10 Min. PG-13
5.3 26 votes

Overview

The film, a parody of the novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne, follows a fisherman, Yves, who dreams of traveling by submarine to the bottom of the ocean, where he encounters both realistic and fanciful sea creatures, including a chorus of naiads played by dancers from the Théâtre du Châtelet. Méliès's design for the film includes cut-out sea animals patterned after Alphonse de Neuville's illustrations for Verne's novel.

Cast

Manuel is Ives, a fisherman
Ives, a fisherman