The Mysterious Island

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

March 17, 1973

Original language

Spanish

Spoken languages

spanish

Countries

Cameroon, Spain, France, Italy

Production

Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision Française,Copercines,Albina Productions S.a.r.l.,Filmes Cinematografica,Citel Films,Cameroons Development,ORTF,Albina Productions,Albina Productions, Cameroons Development, Citel Films, Copercines, Filmes Cinematografica, ORTF

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0068748