The Mysterious Island (1973)
Original title: La isla misteriosa
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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Omar SharifCaptain NemoAmbroise MbiaNeb
Jess HahnBonaventure Pencroft
Philippe NicaudGideon Spilett
Gérard TichyCyrus Smith
Gabriele TintiAyrtonRafael Bardem Jr.Herbert Brown
Mariano Vidal MolinaBob Harvey
Rik BattagliaFinch
Luis InduniPirate
Víctor IsraelPirateKeywords
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What is The Mysterious Island about?
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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The Mysterious Island has a runtime of 96 minutes.
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