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Mysterious Island (1941)

Mysterious Island poster
Original title
Таинственный остров
Directed by
Eduard Pentslin
Genre
adventure film, science fiction film, children's film
Country
Soviet Union
Runtime
1h 28m
Rated
12+
Rating
5.9 of 10 from 12 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

During the American Civil War, five prisoners escape in a hot air balloon and land on a remote island. They must work together to survive and uncover the island's secrets.

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What happens

Mysterious Island (Russian: «Таинственный остров», romanized: Tainstvenny ostrov, Ukrainian: «Таємничий острів», romanized: Taiemnychyi ostriv) is a 1941 Soviet film adaptation of the 1874 novel The Mysterious Island (French: L'Île mystérieuse) by Jules Verne. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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