Nautilus (Verne) Nautilus (Verne) Nautilus is the fictional submarine captained by Nemo featured in Jules Verne's novels "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" (1870) and "The Mysterious Island" (1874). Verne named the "Nautilus" after Robert Fulton's real-life submarine "Nautilus" (1800). For the design of the "Nautilus" Verne was inspired by the French Navy submarine "Plongeur", a model of which he had seen at the 1867 Exposition Universelle, three years before writing his novel. "Nautilus" is described by Verne as "a masterpiece containing masterpieces". It is designed and commanded by Captain Nemo. Electricity provided by sodium/mercury batteries (with the sodium provided by extraction
Captain Nemo (miniseries) studio. On-location shooting took place in Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, in Crimea, near the Artek, as well as at the Sevastopol Dolphinarium. Captain Nemo (miniseries) Captain Nemo () is a 1975 Soviet three-part television miniseries directed by Vasily Levin loosely based on the novels "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea", its sequel "The Mysterious Island" and "The Steam House" by Jules Verne. The second half of the 19th century. An unknown sea monster has been destroying and damaging warships of different countries for the last two years; those of them who get to the port find giant triangular holes in the sides. Sailing