Le continent fantastique

Original title: Viaje al centro de la tierra

1977
PG
1h 30m

IMDb RATING

4.8/10

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Also known as 'The Fabulous Journey to the Centre of the Earth'.

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Also known as "The Fabulous Journey to the Centre of the Earth" in the UK. The film is partially dubbed in English, but it has good cinematography.Also known as "The Fabulous Journey to the Centre of the Earth" in the UK. The film is partially dubbed in English, but it has good cinematography.Also known as "The Fabulous Journey to the Centre of the Earth" in the UK. The film is partially dubbed in English, but it has good cinematography.

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

4.8/10

849

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

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Kenneth More

Prof. Otto Lindenbrock

Pep Munné

Axel
(as Pep Munne)

Ivonne Sentis

Glauben

Frank Braña

Hans Belker

Jack Taylor

Olsen

José María Caffarel

Professor Fridleson
(as Jose Mª Caffarel)

Emiliano Redondo

Prof. Kristoff

Lone Fleming

Martha

Ricardo Palacios

Train ticket collector

Jorge Rigaud

Professor

Fabián Conde

Professor
(as Fabian Conde)

Ana del Arco

Hans cousin's wife

Manuel Pereiro

Barta Barri

Professor

Ángel Álvarez

Professor
(as Angel Alvarez)

Ángel Menéndez

Professor
(as Angel Menendez)

Blaki

Museum janitor

Enrique Navarro

Bookseller

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Featured review

3/10

Where Time Began: Weak adaptation

The 2nd feature adaptation of the Jules Verne classic is oddly a Spanish effort, and is worse than the 1959 version (Which was only bad because of one scene).

I'm sure I don't need to recite the plot of such a classic novel but needless to say that it doesn't entirely follow the source material.

Our heroes must contend with giant lizards, giant turtles, a giant gorrilla and more in their journey and though it looks okay for it's time it manages to be a combination of baffling and entirely un-engaging.

I can't quite put my finger on why but at no point did I find myself even remotely engrossed into this. The cast are passable, the sfx are ahead of their time and the material for the most part is okay. Sadly it just isn't strung together very well and makes for less than enjoyable viewing.

I'm binge watching the adaptations and can only assume someone does the novel justice.

The Good:

Looks okay for its time

The Bad:

Same nonsensical tale

Some silly additions to the story

A few of the logistics are painfully stupid

Platypuschow
Feb 15, 2019
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Trivia
Never released in British theaters, this film was first released in the UK on ITV during Christmas Day of 1978.

Goofs
(at about four minutes and 56 seconds into the film) In the film's English dubbed version, Professor Kristoff uses different measurement units in three consecutive sentences: "Because the distance between the Earth's crust and its core is over 6,500 KILOMETERS. And no man has ever descended to a depth of more than THREE MILES. So it's obvious we'll never have a glimmer of true knowledge until we are able to reach a depth of at least a HUNDRED LEAGUES."

Quotes
Axel: Yesterday, you had a deep gash on your forehead. Wounds apparently heal must faster here. Ah, then what a fine battleground it would make!