| Director: | Juan Antonio Bardem Henri Colpi |
| Producer: | Jacques Bar |
| Starring: | Omar Sharif |
| Music: | Gianni Ferrio |
| Cinematography: | Guy Delecluse Enzo Serafin |
| Editor: | Paul Cayatte Antonio Gimeno |
| Runtime: | 96 minutes |
| Country: | Spain France Italy Cameroon |
| Language: | Spanish |
L'Île Mysterieuse / La Isla misteriosa y el capitán Nemo / Die Geheimnisvolle Insel (The Mysterious Island) is a 1973 Spanish-language Italian-Spanish-French-Cameroonian adventure film adapted from Jules Verne's 1875 novel L'Île mystérieuse. This version was directed by Juan Antonio Bardem and Henri Colpi and featured Omar Sharif as Captain Nemo.[1] It was recut from a TV series of the same year.
Shipwrecked soldiers are stranded on an island along with their dog, They discover many dangers on the island and retreat to the safety of a cave which they use as a home base. In addition, they save another shipwreck victim from a near-by island.
The group are successful in fending off a group off pirates. although the pirates do shoot the group's pet chimpanzee. The soldiers find a grotto containing Captain Nemo and the Nautilus. Nemo explains how he came to be at the island to the group
A volcano begins to destroy the island, and while the soldiers manage to escape, Nemo opts to go down with his ship.
The film was shot on Sunny Beach
Roger Ebert awarded the film one and a half stars finding it nihilistic and lacking any decent effects. It also noted Omar Sharif is listed as the star although he is only onscreen for ten minutes.[2] Creature Feature gave the movie 2 out of 5 stars, finding it lacking imagination or interesting special effects.[3]