The Mysterious Island

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The Mysterious Island (1973)

Directed by Juan Antonio Bardem, Henri Colpi

Science Fiction, Adventure · 1h 36m

1865, The American Civil War: Five POW manage to escape by balloon from Fort Richmond. Caught in a storm and with the balloon damaged they find themselves 'shipwrecked' on a volcanic desert island somewhere in the Pacific. Just before crash landing their leader, the brilliant engineer Cyrus Smith falls to his apparent death in the raging waters, but later turns up completely unharmed and with no memory of how he was saved. His fellow castaways are: the famous journalist Gedeon Spilett, the salty sailor Bonaventure Pencroff, the orphaned boy Harbert Brown and the black servant of Smith, Nab. The dog Top also joined them in the escape.

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Cast

Crew

Director
Juan Antonio Bardem, Henri Colpi
Writer
Juan Antonio Bardem, Jacques Champeaux, Henri Colpi
Novel
Jules Verne
Director of Photography
Guy Delécluse, Julio Ortas, Enzo Serafin
Original Music Composer
Gianni Ferrio

Details

Original title
La isla misteriosa
Release date
1973-03-17
Runtime
1h 36m
Genres
Science Fiction, Adventure
Original language
ES
Spoken languages
Spanish
Countries
Cameroon, Spain, France, Italy
Production
Albina Productions, Cameroons Development, Citel Films, Copercines, Filmes Cinematografica, ORTF