| Deux Cents Mille Lieues sous les mers ou le Cauchemar du pêcheur | |
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 A scene from near the end of the film | |
| Directed by | Georges Méliès |
| Based on | Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas by Jules Verne |
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Running time | 286 meters/930 feet[1] 14 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | Silent |
Under the Seas (French: Deux Cents Mille Lieues sous les mers ou le Cauchemar du pêcheur)[2][a] is a silent film made in 1907 by the French director Georges Méliès. The film, a parody of the 1870 novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas by Jules Verne,[4] follows a fisherman who dreams of traveling by submarine to the bottom of the ocean, where he encounters both realistic and fanciful sea creatures, including a chorus of naiads.[4]
- ^ a b Hammond, Paul (1974). Marvellous Méliès. London: Gordon Fraser. p. 145. ISBN 0900406380.
- ^ Malthête, Jacques; Mannoni, Laurent (2008). L'oeuvre de Georges Méliès. Paris: Éditions de La Martinière. p. 351. ISBN 9782732437323.
- ^ Young, R. G. (1997). The encyclopedia of fantastic film: Ali Baba to Zombies. New York: Applause. p. 154. ISBN 1557832692. Retrieved 4 July 2013.
- ^ a b Hammond 1974, p. 64
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