On a volcanic island near the kingdom of Hetvia rules Count Dakkar, a benevolent leader and scientist who has eliminated class distinction among the island's inhabitants. Dakkar, his daughter Sonia and her fiance, engineer Nicolai Roget have designed a submarine which Roget pilots on its initial voyage just before the island is overrun by Baron Falon, despotic ruler of Hetvia. Falon sets out after Roget in a second submarine and the two craft, diving to the ocean's floor, discover a strange land populated by dragons, giant squid and an eerie undiscovered humanoid race.
On a volcanic island near the kingdom of Hetvia rules Count Dakkar, a benevolent leader and scientist who has eliminated class distinction among the island's inhabitants. Dakkar, his daughter Sonia and her fiance, engineer Nicolai Roget have designed a submarine which Roget pilots on its initial voyage just before the island is overrun by Baron Falon, despotic ruler of Hetvia. Falon sets out after Roget in a second submarine and the two craft, diving to the ocean's floor, discover a strange land populated by dragons, giant squid and an eerie undiscovered humanoid race.
Olive Granger, an heiress survives a shipwreck in the South Seas and is washed ashore an island along with international crooks Irene Carlton and Fred Morgan, who steal her credentials and escape to America, where Irene poses as Olive. Paul Patterson and Jan Boomer, divers, find Olive abandoned in a cave and fight through the jungle in competition for the girl. While diving for pearls, the treacherous Boomer dies in the clutching coils of a giant octopus. Olive and Paul arrive in New York, expose the impostors, and get married.
Filme mudo que adapta a clássica história de Júlio Verne em sua primeira versão filmada. Interessante por ser a primeira vez que cenas filmadas em baixo da água foram exibidas no cinema. Capitão Nemo construiu um submarino fantástico para a sua missão de vingança. Ele viajou mais de 20,000 léguas em busca de Charles Denver - o homem que causou a morte da princesa Daaker.
Filme mudo que adapta a clássica história de Júlio Verne em sua primeira versão filmada. Interessante por ser a primeira vez que cenas filmadas em baixo da água foram exibidas no cinema. Capitão Nemo construiu um submarino fantástico para a sua missão de vingança. Ele viajou mais de 20,000 léguas em busca de Charles Denver - o homem que causou a morte da princesa Daaker.
