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The Mysterious Island (1929)

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 sister Sonia and her fiance, engineer Nicolai Roget have designed a submarine which Roget pilots on its initial voyage just before the island is overrun by Baron Falon, despotic ruler of Hetvia. Falon sets out after Roget in a second submarine and the two craft, diving to the ocean's floor, discover a strange land populated by dragons, giant squid and an eerie undiscovered humanoid race.

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Top billed cast

Lionel BarrymoreAndre Dakkar
Jacqueline GadsdenSonia Dakkar
Lloyd HughesNikolai Roget
Montagu LoveFalon
Montagu LoveMikhail
Snitz EdwardsAnton
Gibson GowlandDmitry
Dolores BrinkmanTeresa
Karl Dane(uncredited)
Pauline Starke(uncredited)

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