20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1907 film)

20,000 lieues sous les mers
Directed by Georges Méliès
Based on Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by
Jules Verne
Release date(s) 1907 (1907)
Running time 18 minutes
Country France
Language silent film

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (French: 20000 lieues sous les mers) is a silent film made in 1907 by French director Georges Méliès, based loosely on the novel by Jules Verne of the same title. This became one of the first color films when it was hand tinted, frame by frame, by female factory workers.[1]

References

  1. ^ Barnwell, Jane (2004). Production design: architects of the screen. Wallflower Press. p. 106. ISBN 1903364558. 

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