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La Isla misteriosa y el capitán Nemo (1973)

La Isla misteriosa y el capitán Nemo poster
Original title
La isla misteriosa
Directed by
Juan Antonio Bardem, Henri Colpi
Genre
adventure film, science fiction film, film based on a novel
Country
France, Italy, Spain
Runtime
1h 36m
Rated
12
Rating
5.6 of 10 from 24 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

During the American Civil War, five prisoners escape in a hot air balloon and land on a remote island. They work together to survive and discover that someone is secretly helping them.

adventuroussuspensefulwanderinginventivenostalgicmysteriousheroic

What happens

L'Île Mysterieuse / La Isla misteriosa y el capitán Nemo / Die Geheimnisvolle Insel (The Mysterious Island) is a 1973 Spanish-language Italian-Spanish-French-Cameroonian adventure film adapted from Jules Verne's 1875 novel L'Île mystérieuse. This version was directed by Juan Antonio Bardem and Henri Colpi and featured Omar Sharif as Captain Nemo. It was recut from a TV series of the same year. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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