20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
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The film, a parody of the novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne, follows a fisherman, Yves, 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 played by dancers from the Théâtre du Châtelet. Méliès's design for the film includes cut-out sea animals patterned after Alphonse de Neuville's illustrations for Verne's novel.
- Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
- Release Date: 1907-02-17
- Runtime: 10 min
- Country: France
- Language: No Language
- Status: Released
- IMDb Rating: 5.2
