In Search for Captain Grant
| In Search for Captain Grant | |
|---|---|
| Based on |
In Search of the Castaways by Jules Verne |
| Screenplay by | Stanislav Govorukhin |
| Directed by | Stanislav Govorukhin |
| Starring |
Lembit Ulfsak Nikolai Yeryomenko, Jr. Vladimir Gostyukhin Oleg Shtefanko |
| Country of origin |
Soviet Union Bulgaria |
| Original language(s) | Russian, Bulgarian |
| No. of episodes | 7 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 448 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
Odessa Film Studio Boyana Film |
| Release | |
| Original network |
Programme One BT |
| Original release |
May 13, 1986 – May 21, 1986 |
In Search for Captain Grant (Russian: В поисках капитана Гранта, translit. V poiskakh kapitana Granta, Bulgarian: По следите на капитан Грант) is a 1986 Soviet 7-part television miniseries adaptation of Jules Verne's novel In Search of the Castaways directed by Stanislav Govorukhin. It was shot on the Odessa Film Studio and Bulgarian Boyana Film in 1985.
Plot
The film consists of two subplots. The first tells about the life of the writer Jules Verne and the history of creation and publication of the novel In Search of the Castaways. The second actually narrates the novel.
Lord and Lady Glenarvan found in the sea a bottle with a letter from Captain Grant, whose ship was wrecked. After the refusal of the British government to conduct searches, The Glenarvans decide to find captain Grant themselves with Grant's children Mary and Robert.
Cast
- Vladimir Smirnov as Jules Verne
- Marina Vlady as Marko Vovchok
- Lembit Ulfsak as Jacques Paganel
- Nikolai Yeryomenko, Jr. as Lord Glenarvan
- Tamara Akulova as Lady Glenarvan
- Vladimir Gostyukhin as Major McNabbs
- Oleg Shtefanko as Capt. John Mangles
- Ruslan Kurashov as Robert Grant
- Galina Strutinskaya as Mary Grant
- Anatoli Rudakov as Olbinett
- Boris Khmelnitsky as Captain Grant
- Kosta Tsonev as Hetzel
- Aleksandr Abdulov as Bob the Tar
- Fyodor Odinokov as Paddy O'Moore