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.