This video couldn't load right now. Try again in a minute, or tune in to Rocket Age live.
The Mysterious Island (1929)
The Mysterious Island (1929) is a 94-minute science-fiction film that airs free on Starlite TV's Rocket Age (CH 5) channel. It is in the U.S. public domain. Directed by Benjamin Christensen and Maurice Tourneur and Lucien Hubbard.
About The Mysterious Island (1929)
The Mysterious Island is a 1929 American sound part-talkie science fiction film directed by Lucien Hubbard, based on Jules Verne's 1874 novel L'Île mystérieuse (The Mysterious Island). The film was photographed largely in two-color Technicolor.
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 daughter Sonia and her fiance, chief engineer Nicolai Roget, have designed a submarine boat which Roget pilots on its initial test voyage shortly before the island is overrun by Baron Falon, once Daggar's friend, and now the new despotic ruler of Hetvia. The Baron has Dakkar and his daughter tortured so that Dakkar will reveal all his discoveries. Dakkar is able to escape with the intervention of his loyal men.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article The Mysterious Island (1929 film) (text available under CC BY-SA 4.0).
Upcoming showtimes
- Loading schedule…
You can play this title on demand above any time. It also airs on Starlite TV's live channels on a schedule; times are shown in your local time zone.
Credits
- Directed by: Benjamin Christensen, Maurice Tourneur, Lucien Hubbard
- Cast includes: Lionel Barrymore, Snitz Edwards, Angelo Rossitto, Gibson Gowland, Karl Dane, Jacqueline Gadsden, Montagu Love, Lloyd Hughes
- Country: United States
- Based on: The Mysterious Island
Credits from Wikidata · Wikipedia article
Airs on
- Rocket Age - CH 5, Sci-Fi TV
Rights & source
- Basis: Published before 1931 - U.S. copyright term expired
- Evidence: First published 1929 (before 1931): US copyright term has expired.
- Underlying rights: Part-talkie.
- Source: Internet Archive
How we check every title: Content & Rights.
More on Rocket Age
- Plan 9 from Outer Space 1959 · 78 min
- Excursion to the Moon 1908 · 7 min
- High Treason 1929 · 68 min
- 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 1916 · 99 min
- Project Mercury: Freedom 7 1961 · 28 min
- Frankenstein 1910 · 13 min
- Gemini Science Program 1967 · 29 min
- Attack of the Giant Leeches 1959 · 62 min
- Project Mercury 8th Quarterly Report 1961 · 31 min
- Project Mercury Summation 1963 · 29 min
- Cosmos Laundromat: First Cycle 2015 · 12 min
- Mercury, Gemini, Apollo Overview 1970 · 13 min
All 30 titles on Rocket Age → · All movies A–Z
Browse more: Free classic science fiction movies · Free 1920s movies, cartoons and shorts