The Mysterious Island backdrop

The Mysterious Island 1929 Directed by Lucien Hubbard , Benjamin Christensen , ...

Actually filmed at the bottom of the ocean off the Bahamas, imperiled by hurricane and storm.

On a volcanic island near the Kingdom of Hetvia rules Count Dakkar, a benevolent leader and scientist who has eliminated class distinction among the island's inhabitants. Dakkar, his sister Sonia and her fiance, engineer Nicolai Roget have designed a submarine which Roget pilots on its initial voyage just before the island is overrun by Baron Falon, despotic ruler of Hetvia. Falon sets out after Roget in a second submarine and the two craft, diving to the ocean's floor, discover a strange land populated by dragons, giant squid and an eerie undiscovered humanoid race.

Country USA
Production Country USA
Language English
Spoken Language English
Release Date 5 October 1929
95 mins
Cast
Lionel Barrymore Andre Dakkar
Jacqueline Gadsden Sonia Dakkar
Lloyd Hughes Nikolai Roget
Montagu Love Mikhail
Karl Dane (uncredited)
Pauline Starke (uncredited)
Carl Roup Underwater Creature (uncredited)
Angelo Rossitto Underwater Creature