FIFTEEN YEAR OLD CAPTAIN

a.k.a Un Capitán de Quince Años (original title); Een Kaptein van 15 Jaar (Holland video title)

France / Spain, 1974

Starring Edmund Purdom, William Berger, José Manuel Marcos, Howard Vernon & Marc Cassot

Directed by Jesus Franco

VML (Holland); Fullscreen, French with dutch subtitles

Jess Franco + Jules Verne = two of my favorites, together at last! That's probably why I like this film even though it's generally considered cheap and boring shit even by Franco fans. OK, i'll give you that it's cheap but otherwise I think Franco has a pretty good feeling for simple, boys own Jules Verne-adventure... So shoot me.

THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND OF CAPTAIN NEMO

a.k.a La Isla Misteriosa (Spain); L' Île Mystérieuse (France); L' Isola Misteriosa e il Capitano Nero (Italy); The Mysterious Island (USA); Den Hemlighetsfulla Ön (Sweden video title)

Spain / France / Italy, 1973

Starring Omar Sharif, Gérard Tichy, Gabriele Tinti, Rafael Bardem Jr., Jess Hahn, Rik Battaglia & Ambroise Bia.

Directed by Juan Antonio Bardem & Henri Colpi

Starbox/Select, selltape (Sweden); Fullscreen; English language with swedish subtitles

The excellent miniseries was also edited down to feature lenght.

MASTER OF THE WORLD

a.k.a Fångarna på Albatross (Sweden video title)

USA, 1961

Starring Vincent Price, Hery Hull, Charles Bronson & Mary Webster

Directed by William Witney

Wahlters Video (Sweden); Fullscreen; English language with swedish subtitles

MICHEL STROGOFF

a.k.a Strogoff (original title); Tsarens Kurir (Sweden bio title)

Italy, 1970

Starring John Philip Law, Mimsy Farmer & Hiram Keller

Directed by Eriprando Visconti

Carrey Video (Greece); Fullscreen; French language with greek subtitles

Bad adaption of one of my favorite Jules Verne novels. The french language and the blurry image on the greek VHS doesn't help...

THE MYSTERY OF MONSTER ISLAND

a.k.a Misterio en la Isla de los Monstruous (original title); Monster Island (international); Jules Verne's 'Mystery on Monster Island' (USA)

Spain, 1981

Starring Terence Stamp, Peter Cushing, Blanca Estrada, Frank Braña, Paul Naschy & Gérard Tichy

Directed by Juan Piquer Simón

CBS Fox (UK); Fullscreen; English language

I like J. P Simón's many Jules Verne-inspired movies, but this is the weakest of the bunch. Paul Naschy's character dies a humiliating death only five minutes into the film.