

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
The First Submarine Photoplay Ever Filmed
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.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $200K
- Box office
- $8M
- Language
- No Language
- revenge
- captain nemo
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalPG24 Dec 1916
FranceFR
- PhysicalDVD7 Feb 2007
- Digital / OTTVOD1 Jan 2016
- PhysicalBlu-Ray7 Jul 2021
Frequently asked questions
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea was released on 24 December 1916.
Audience reviews
2- C6/10
CinemaSerf
6/6/2022
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 Hanlon) and his daughte…
- R5/10
robinh7467
2/15/2026
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.
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