Under the Seas Under the Seas Under the Seas () is a silent film made in 1907 by the French director Georges Méliès. The film, a parody of the novel "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" by Jules Verne, follows a fisherman who dreams of traveling by submarine to the bottom of the ocean, where he encounters both realistic and fanciful sea creatures, including a chorus of naiads. Yves, a fisherman, comes home after a tiring day of fishing and soon falls asleep. In his dream, he is visited by the Fairy of the Ocean, who leads him to a submarine. Yves is
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