20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

1916 99 min ★ 6.1 Adventure, Drama, Action, Science Fiction

Captain Nemo has built a fantastic submarine for his mission of revenge. He has traveled over 20,000 leagues in search of Charles Denver - a man who caused the death of Princess Daaker. Seeing what he had done, Denver took the daughter to his yacht and sailed away.

Cast

Allen Holubar

Captain Nemo, also known as Prince Daaker

Jane Gail

A child of nature/Princess Daaker

Howard Crampton

Cyrus Harding

Matt Moore

Lieutenant Bond

William Welsh

Charles Denver

Joseph W. Girard

Major Cameron

Curtis Benton

Ned Land

Edna Pendleton

Aronnax's daughter

Dan Hanlon

Professor Aronnax

Leviticus Jones

Neb

Details

Director

Stuart Paton

Tagline

"The First Submarine Photoplay Ever Filmed"

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$200,000

Revenue

$8,000,000

Production

The Universal Film Mfg. Co.

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

June 6, 2022

★ 6/10

Based on Jules Verne's story of revenge, this is actually quite an impressive production that tries pretty hard to deliver a reasonably plausible production of this tale of "Nemo" (Allen Holubar). He has built this magnificent undersea vessel so he can avenge the death of his beloved Princess "Daaker" at the hands of "Denver" (William Welch). Meantime, acclaimed French scientist "Aronnax" (Dan Han...

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robinh7467

February 15, 2026

★ 5/10

A very cool production, unfortunately dragged down by whatever the SE Asian term is for blackface. Well worth watching the underwater footage, but skip the rest.