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
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954 film) cast as the mad inventor Captain Nemo". The film was also praised for the performances of the leading actors. This was the first time that major international stars such as Kirk Douglas, James Mason, and Peter Lorre had appeared in a Disney film, although Robert Newton, a well-known actor in British films, had played Long John Silver in Disney's "Treasure Island" (1950), and Richard Todd, another well-known British actor, had appeared in Disney's Technicolor live-action version of "The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men" (1952). Mason especially was singled out for his performance of Captain Nemo. Many people