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The Island of the Lost

192190 minGermany
Science fictionHorror

Synopsis

A party led by Dr. Marston reaches an isolated island and discovers a hidden research establishment. Professor McClelland's experiments seek to cross the boundaries between humans and animals. What first appears to be a scientific discovery becomes a threat to the visitors and their assumptions about the island.

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Wikimedia Commons
Original language
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified.
This copy runs
61:30
Subtitles
No subtitle track in this language

No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. No subtitle track in this language.

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Wikimedia Commons · Urban Gad · Public domain

This copy runs shorter than the reference runtime. Editing and playback speed can differ between editions.

Cast

DirectorsUrban Gad

Inspirations

Urban Gad's film is a loose adaptation of H. G. Wells's The Island of Doctor Moreau, made without the author's authorization. It belongs to the silent era's often freely transformed screen versions of famous literary fantasies.

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Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.

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