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Kapitan Nemo

Kapitan Nemo (1975) Movie Poster
Soviet Union / Soviet Union  •    •  203m  •    •  Directed by: Vasili Levin, Edgar Smirnov.  •  Starring: Vladimir Basov, N. Bazanova, Viktor Demertash, Nikolai Dupak, Vladislav Dvorzhetskiy, Nina Ilyina, Elvira Khomyuk, Vyacheslav Kolegaev, Mikhail Kononov, Anatoly Kravchuk, Valentin Kulik, Aleksander Kursky, Vasili Levin..
     An expedition is dispatched to find the mysterious monster roaming the seas. Three crew members learn it to be an advanced submarine crewed by free men and headed by Captain Nemo. Their adventures continue aboard the amazing submarine.

Review:

Image from: Kapitan Nemo (1975)
Image from: Kapitan Nemo (1975)
Image from: Kapitan Nemo (1975)
Image from: Kapitan Nemo (1975)
Image from: Kapitan Nemo (1975)
Image from: Kapitan Nemo (1975)
A very well done, three part Russian television film that takes 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and works in elements from its sequel Mysterious Island. While not as good as the 1954 Disney Film, it is superior to the two television films of 1997. The plot adheres fairly closely to the novel, with numerous flashbacks to Nemo's former life as Prince Dakkar in India. Special effects are rather weak with the diving suits recycled from a Space film (and with scuba diver inserts that do not really fit) nothing comparable to the squid fight and a Nautilus that is not up to Harper Goff's design for the 1954 film. The usual problem with films based on Verne, no female characters, is solved by giving "Aronaks" a wife, (he leaves on their wedding day) and the Nemo flashbacks. Vladislav Dvorzhetsky is an excellent Nemo, comparing very favorably to James Mason.

Review by Thomas Miller from the Internet Movie Database.