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Captain Nemo (/ ˈ n eɪ m oʊ /; also known as Prince Dakkar) is a character created by the French novelist Jules Verne (1828–1905). Nemo appears in two of Verne's science-fiction books, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas (1870) and The Mysterious Island (1875).
Captain Nemo is the antihero and deuteragonist of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. Nemo has always been a mysterious character, always tending to keep to himself though he did reveal a few details of his past. He is a brilliant genius, having created the Nautilus in the middle of the 19th Century...
Captain Nemo and the Underwater City is a 1969 British film starring Robert Ryan, Chuck Connors and Nanette Newman. It features the character Captain Nemo and is inspired by Jules Verne's 1870 novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas. It was written by Pip and Jane Baker.
Captain Nemo and the Underwater City: Directed by James Hill. With Robert Ryan, Chuck Connors, Nanette Newman, Luciana Paluzzi. When Captain Nemo saves the passengers of a sinking ship and takes them to his Utopian underwater city he discovers that not all of his guests agree to remain there forever.
- (1.8K)
- Adventure, Family, Fantasy
- James Hill
- 1969-12-21
Captain Nemo, fictional character, the megalomaniacal captain of the submarine Nautilus in Jules Verne’s novel Vingt Mille Lieues sous les mers (1869–70; Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea), and also a character in the subsequent L’Île mystérieuse (1874; The Mysterious.
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Captain Nemo's assumed name recalls Homer's Odyssey, when Odysseus encounters the monstrous Cyclops Polyphemus in the course of his wanderings. Polyphemus asks Odysseus his name, and Odysseus replies that it is Outis ( Οὖτις ) 'no one', translated into Latin as " Nemo ".
A 1954 adventure film based on Jules Verne's novel, starring Kirk Douglas as Captain Nemo. The film features underwater scenes, a giant squid, and a submarine called Nautilus.
