20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1907)

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

1907

Adventure Fantasy

Synopsis

The film, a parody of the novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne, follows a fisherman, Yves, who dreams of traveling by submarine to the bottom of the ocean, where he encounters both realistic and fanciful sea creatures, including a chorus of naiads played by dancers from the Théâtre du Châtelet. Méliès's design for the film includes cut-out sea animals patterned after Alphonse de Neuville's illustrations for Verne's novel.

Credits

Director

Georges Méliès

Cast

Georges Méliès

Manuel as Ives, a fisherman

Crew

Jules Verne (Writer)