20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954 film) Ned tries to identify himself as the author of the bottled messages. Aronnax is furious, recognizing that Nemo will destroy all evidence of his discoveries. Nemo enters the base and activates a time bomb, but is mortally wounded on "Nautilus"s deck from a slug to the back. After navigating the submarine away from Vulcania, Nemo announces he will be "taking the "Nautilus" down for the last time". The crew declare they will accompany their captain in death. Aronnax, Conseil, and Ned are confined to their cabins. The Nautilus's crew also retreat to their cabins at Nemo's instructions. Ned escapes and
Captain Nemo sacred Author of all things! ... Nothing more is now wanting to our island". His emblem, as given in a description of the flag he raised when claiming Antarctica, is a large golden N on a black field. The motto of the "Nautilus" was "Mobilis in mobili", which may be roughly translated from Latin as, "moving amidst mobility", "moving within the moving element", or "changing in the changes". In the initial draft of "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea", Nemo was a Polish noble, a member of the szlachta, resenting the murder of his family during the Russian repression of