During the Civil War five survivors escape from a prison camp in Richmond, Virginia by hot air balloon and find themselves on an uncharted island in the Pacific. Far from any kind of known civilization, the island is inhabited with carnivorous monsters, bloodthirsty pirates, and mad genius Captain Nemo, who lives on the island for his own secretive ends.
A group of children are trying to solve various mysteries during the summer.
本片根据法国著名科幻小说家凡尔纳(Jules Verne)同名名著《海底两万里》(20,000 Leagues Under the Sea)改编。 1868年航运界传言各大洋有海怪出没，频频袭击过往船只，各国政府被迫派遣军舰维护航道安全，同时调查海怪真伪。不料调查舰被不明怪物撞沉，只有阿龙纳斯教授、助手康塞尔及鱼叉手尼德·兰被“鹦鹉螺号”潜艇救起。该潜艇由尼莫船长指挥，对运载军火的船舰均予击沉。尼莫敬重阿龙纳斯的成就，将其视为上宾。潜艇要返回瓦康尼亚基地，补给船上物资，中途到深海探索海底世界。教授为其科技动力来自海底养殖的技术惊叹不已，但尼德·兰一心想逃跑……
A Soviet three-part television miniseries directed by Vasily Levin loosely based on the novels Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea.
The Undersea Adventures of Captain Nemo was a series of five-minute cartoons produced in Canada in the mid-1970s. They told the story of Captain Mark Nemo and his young assistants, Christine and Robbie, in their nuclear-powered submarine, the Nautilus.
The Return of Captain Nemo was a 1978 science fiction TV movie directed by Alex March and Paul Stader, and loosely based on characters and settings from Jules Verne's novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. It was written by six writers including Robert Bloch.
During naval exercises in 1978 Captain Nemo is found in suspended animation aboard his submarine Nautilus beneath the Pacific Ocean. Revived by members of a modern day US Government agency, Nemo is persuaded to rescue United States interests and in so doing battle Professor Cunningham, a typical mad scientist played by Burgess Meredith.
The film was a co-production between Irwin Allen Productions and Warner Bros. Television. It was distributed by CBS Television but was also released theatrically as The Amazing Captain Nemo.