The Mysterious Island
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.
Juan Antonio Bardem
Juan Antonio Bardem
Henri Colpi
Henri Colpi
Jacques Champeaux
Casts & Crew
Omar Sharif
Ambroise Mbia
Jess Hahn
Philippe Nicaud
Gérard Tichy
Gabriele Tinti
Rafael Bardem Jr.
Mariano Vidal Molina
Rik Battaglia
Luis Induni
Víctor Israel
Also Directed by Juan Antonio Bardem
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Also Directed by Henri Colpi
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