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The Mysterious Island (1929) Plot Summary Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1929 · 95 mins · English
- Directed by
- Benjamin Christensen, Lucien Hubbard
- Starring
- Karl Dane, Lionel Barrymore, Montagu Love, Carl Roup, Angelo Rossitto, Pauline Starke
Filmed on the ocean floor off the Bahamas, the story follows Count Dakkar, a benevolent scientist‑leader of a volcanic island near Hetvia who has abolished class distinctions. With his sister Sonia and fiancé engineer Nicolai Roget they build a submarine; Roget pilots its maiden voyage as Baron Falon, a despotic Hetvian ruler, invades. Falon pursues in a second sub, and both dive to the seafloor, finding a hidden realm of dragons, giant squids and an eerie unknown humanoid race.
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