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The Mysterious Island

19053 minFrance
Fantasy

Synopsis

Odysseus enters a fantastic island world where Calypso's setting meets the threat of the giant Polyphemus. Mythological adventure becomes a compact spectacle of stage machinery and transformations.

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Original language
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified.
This copy runs
3:28
Subtitles
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No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. No subtitle track in this language.

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Wikimedia Commons · Georges Méliès · Public domain

Cast

DirectorsGeorges Méliès

Inspirations

The film combines two separate episodes of the Odyssey in one setting. Its English title does not make it an adaptation of Jules Verne's novel The Mysterious Island.

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  • Georges Méliès — Georges Méliès; Publicity materials for an exhibition at La Caixa Foundation: http://press.lacaixa.es/socialprojects/exhibiton-georges-melies-magic-of-cinema-caixaforum-barcelona-eng__816-c-17952__.html · Public domain

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