Mysterious Island (1961 film) buried, but the rest escape and begin the journey home, vowing to continue Nemo's dream of achieving lasting peace throughout the world. The novel on which the film is based is a sequel to two other novels by Jules Verne, "In Search of the Castaways" (1867) and "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" (1870). The first book featured the island, the pirates and a character Tom Ayrton who was marooned on a nearby island. The second book featured Captain Nemo and the "Nautilus" presumed lost in the maelstrom at the end of that novel. In "The Mysterious Island" (1874) after
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1916 film) Nemo. In elaborate flashback scenes to India, Nemo reveals that he is Prince Daaker, and that he created the Nautilus to seek revenge on Charles Denver. He is overjoyed to discover that the abandoned wild girl is his long-lost daughter, but his emotion is such that he expires. His loyal crew bury him at the ocean bottom. They disband and the Nautilus is left to drift to its own watery grave. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1916 film) 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea is a 1916 American silent film directed by Stuart Paton. The film's storyline is based on the