La isla misteriosa y el capitán Nemo (1973)

Country of Origin: Spain / France / Italy / Cameroon
Year of Production: 1973
Running Times: 96 mins     120 mins
Format: Eastmancolor     35mm
Ratio: 1.66:1
Sound: mono

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Albina Productions S.a.r.l. / Cameroons Development / Cité Films /
Copercines, Cooperativa Cinematográfica / Filmes Cinematografica / ORTF
Producer: Jacques Bar

SCRIPT
Script: Juan Antonio Bardem, Henri Colpi
Novel: L'île mystérieuse by Jules Verne

DIRECTION
Directors: Juan Antonio Bardem, Henri Colpi
2nd Unit Director: Henri Colpi

PHOTOGRAPHY
Directors of Photography: Guy Delecluse, Enzo Serafin

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editors: Paul Cayatte, Antonio Gimeno

MUSIC
Music: Gianni Ferrio

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Costume Designers: Peris Hermanos, León Revuelta

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Manuel Baquero

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designers: José Luis Galicia, Jaime Pérez Cubero

LOCATIONS
Locations: Comunidad Valenciana, Spain; Cameroon; Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain;
Madrid, Spain

CAST
Omar Sharif (Captain Nemo)
Ambroise Bia (Nebuchadnezzar)
Jess Hahn (Bonaventure Pencroft)
Philippe Nicaud (Gideon Spilett)
Gérard Tichy (Cyrus Smith)
Rafael Bardem Jr
Rafael Bardem (Herbert Brown)
Rik Battaglia (Finch)
Alfonso De la Vega
Miguel Del Castillo
Luis Induni
Víctor Israel
José Jaspe
Jean Lefebvre
Gabriele Tinti (Ayrton)
Mariano Vidal Molina (Harvey)
Fernando Villena

AVAILABILITY

Russia
Video Distributors: ORT

Spain
Theatrical Distributors: Exclusivas Floralva Distribución S.A.; Laurus Films

USA
Theatrical Distributors: Cinerama Releasing Corporation

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

Finland
Rating: K-12

USA
Rating: PG

TIMELINE

1973
February
8: Italy - passed by the ratings board

April
5: Italy - theatrical release

September
27: France – theatrical release

October
12: West Germany – theatrical release
29: Spain – theatrical release

1974
January
18: Finland – theatrical release

November
23: USA – theatrical release

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Die Geheimnisvolle Insel - West German title
Herrscher einer verlorenen Welt - West German title
Herrscher einer versunkenen Stadt - West German title
Herrscher einer versunkenen Welt - West German title
L'île mystérieuse
La isla misteriosa
L'isola misteriosa e il Capitano Nemo
Mysteerien saari - Finnish title
The Mysterious Island of Captain Nemo
The Mysterious Island - US title

LINKS

FEATURE FILM VERSION OF
L'île mystérieuse (1973)

SEE ALSO
Mysterious Island (1951)
Mysterious Island (1961)
Mysterious Island (1975)
Mysterious Island (1995)
The Mysterious Island (1929)
Tainstvennyj ostrov (1941)

KEYWORDS

films based on books, captain nemo, islands, submarines

Last Updated: 1 March, 2009