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03/05/1941 Adventure, Science Fiction 1h 15m
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Overview

Based on Verne's book The Mysterious Island, five POWs escape from a camp in a balloon during the Civil War and crash-land on an uninhabited island in the Pacific. Trying to settle with their lives they find someone is helping them.

  1. Eduard Pentslin

    Director

  2. Mikhail Kalinin

    Writer

  3. Boris Shelontsev

    Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Aleksey Krasnopolsky

    Smith

  2. Pavlo Kyiansky

    Spilett

  3. Andrey Andriyenko-Zemskov

    Pencroft

  4. Ivan Kozlov

    Ayrton

  5. Robert Ross

    Neb

  6. Yuri Grammatikati

    Herbert

  7. Andrii Sova

    Jupe

  8. Nikolai Komissarov

    Cap. Nemo

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Reviews

A review by deepkino
Written by deepkino on 2026-04-01
Directed by Eduard Pentslin, this Soviet adaptation of Jules Verne’s classic is a fascinating piece of cinematic history. While it lacks the high-octane CGI of modern versions, it compensates with atmospheric practical effects and a surprisingly gritty tone for its time.

A patriotic, survivalist adventure that leans heavily into the ingenuity of its "colonists."
It’s a bit stiff by today’s standards, but it remains a charmingly earnest and visually ambitious relic of early sci-fi cinema.

A solid Soviet adaptation. Faithful to the book, atmospheric with great location shooting, but...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
Russian

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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