Jules Verne

Jules Verne

1828-02-08 Nantes, France 112 Credits

Biography

Jules Gabriel Verne was a French novelist, poet, and playwright best known for his adventure novels and his profound influence on the literary genre of science fiction.

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Berlin Kills Me

Berlin Kills Me

2024

Idea

Jacky (30), who lives in Berlin, falls into a deep void after the death of her mother and losing her job. Unable to succeed in her attempt to commit s...

Around the World in 80 Days

Around the World in 80 Days

2021

Book

5.8

Passepartout is a young and scholarly marmoset who always dreams of becoming an explorer. One day, he crosses paths with Phileas, a reckless and greed...

Le Tour du monde en 80 jours

Le Tour du monde en 80 jours

2017

Novel

A staging of Thierry Janssen's play "Around the World in Eighty Days" by Thierry Debroux. It is based on the novel of the same name by Jules Verne.

The Castaways of the Fol Espoir

The Castaways of the Fol Espoir

2014

Novel

6.0

A film-crew in the early twentieth century, the cabaret known as ‘Le Fol Espoir’ has been transformed into an amateur soundstage. The motion picture t...

The Lost 15 Boys: The Big Adventure on Pirates' Island

The Lost 15 Boys: The Big Adventure on Pirates' Island

2013

Original Story

6.5
Writing

The film is based on the Jules Verne novel "Adrift in the Pacific: Two Years Holiday" published in 1888. A group of youngsters find themselves adrift ...

From the Earth to the Moon

From the Earth to the Moon

2013

Novel

5.0

In America, 100 years before the moon landing of Apollo 11, the bellicose bemoan their fates because the federal War is over and they all have fallen ...

Mysterious Island

Mysterious Island

2010

Novel

4.6

During the American Civil War, five northern POWs make the decision to escape the war by hijacking a hot air balloon. Drifting through the night, they...

Journey to the Center of the Earth

Journey to the Center of the Earth

2008

Novel

6.1

On a quest to find out what happened to his missing brother, a scientist, his nephew and their mountain guide discover a fantastic and dangerous lost ...

Journey to the Center of the Earth

Journey to the Center of the Earth

2008

Writer

3.7
Writing

When an accident leaves a group of researchers trapped beneath the earth's crust, it's up to a drill team, led by Joseph Harnet, to rescue them. But o...

Journey to the Center of the Earth

Journey to the Center of the Earth

2008

Novel

4.8

Set in the late 1870's - A woman hires an anthropologist/adventurer to track down her husband, who has disappeared while searching for an elusive pass...

30,000 Leagues Under The Sea

30,000 Leagues Under The Sea

2007

Novel

3.2

Captain Nemo goes even deeper into insanity in this mesmerizing fantasy tale. Once again at the helm of his fearsome, wildly advanced vessel, the naut...

Mysterious Island

Mysterious Island

2005

Novel

5.8

Five prisoners of war escape captivity in a Confederate prison camp only to land in an uncharted Pacific island where time stands still and dastardly ...

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

2004

Novel

6.5

The larger-than-life Jules Verne adventure about reclusive genius Captain Nemo, his magnificent submarine, The Nautilus, and the perilous voyage he ma...

Around the World in 80 Days

Around the World in 80 Days

2004

Novel

5.9

A bet pits a British inventor, a Chinese thief and a French artist on a worldwide adventure that they can circle the globe in 80 days.

Globehunters: An Around the World in 80 Days Adventure

Globehunters: An Around the World in 80 Days Adventure

2002

Novel

1.0

In search of fun and freedom, a trio of animal friends -- a bold monkey with a temper, a timid, bespectacled parrot and a lightning-fast cheetah -- es...

Around The World In 80 Days

Around The World In 80 Days

2000

Original Story

Writing

Travel back in time to a scene set in London in 1872, where a young Phileas Fogg is about to wager a fortune in the hope of completing an impossible c...

Michel Strogoff

Michel Strogoff

1999

Novel

5.8

Ever since the death of his wife, the famous and once highly-respected general Michael Strogoff has fallen steadily into a state of decrepitude.

Crayola Kids Adventures: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

Crayola Kids Adventures: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

1997

Writer

6.0
Writing

In this kid-friendly version of Jules Verne's Classic Tale, a Professor and his Companions are trapped aboard on a fantastic submarine with a mad sea ...

The Children of Captain Grant

The Children of Captain Grant

1997

Novel

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

1997

Novel

5.7

In the 19th century, an expert marine biologist is hired by the government to determine what's sinking ships all over the ocean. His daughter follows ...

A Journey to the Center of the Earth

A Journey to the Center of the Earth

1996

Novel

5.0

Following the instructions on a mysterious parchment, Prof. Lindenbrock and his companion, Alex, discover and explore the center of the Earth, a myste...

Willy Fog: Around the World in 80 Days

Willy Fog: Around the World in 80 Days

1995

Novel

7.1

Willy Fog is a British millionaire who bets that he will be able to go around the world in only eighty days.

Willy Fog in Journey to the Center of the Earth

Willy Fog in Journey to the Center of the Earth

1995

Novel

4.9

Willy Fog is again challenged by Sullivan and embark, with his friends, in search of a secret path to the center of the Earth, dodging powerful stream...

Willy Fog in 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

Willy Fog in 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

1995

Novel

6.3

Willy Fog, the most famous British gentleman, faces the depths of the sea when many ships mysteriously disappear.

Journey to the Center of the Earth

Journey to the Center of the Earth

1993

Novel

3.8

This made-for-TV film version uses the title and general premise of Jules Verne's novel, but had its heroes carry out the journey in an earth-penetrat...

Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water - The Motion Picture

Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water - The Motion Picture

1991

Original Concept, Novel

4.7

Three years after the defeat of Gargoyle and Neo-Atlantis, a new threat has surfaced bent on bringing the world under his control. Geiger, using advan...

Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water - Nautilus Story III

Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water - Nautilus Story III

1991

Original Concept, Novel

The third and final specially edited memorial episode featuring Jean’s narration. This is a breath-taking sea adventure action animation. The story ce...

Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water - Nautilus Story II

Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water - Nautilus Story II

1991

Original Concept, Novel

The second specially edited memorial episode featuring Jean’s narration. This is a breath-taking sea adventure action animation. The story centers on ...

Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water - Nautilus Story I

Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water - Nautilus Story I

1991

Original Concept, Novel

The first specially edited memorial episode featuring Jean’s narration. This is a breath-taking sea adventure action animation. The story centers on a...

Around the World in 80 Days

Around the World in 80 Days

1990

Writer

6.0
Writing
Around the World in 80 Days

Around the World in 80 Days

1988

Novel

7.2

English Lord Phileas Fogg has just become the main suspect in a daring bank robbery. Meanwhile, he has made a wager with several other lords that he w...

The Story of Fifteen Boys

The Story of Fifteen Boys

1987

Original Story, Novel

5.7
Writing

Cast ashore on a desert island after a fierce ocean storm, fifteen school boys find their lives changed forever. Who cut the lines that sent their shi...

The Tribulations of a Chinese Gentleman

The Tribulations of a Chinese Gentleman

1987

Novel

6.0

The young Chinese heir to millions in the USA is suddenly destitute. He takes out a life insurace policy on himself and assigns his former teacher to ...

Captain of the Pilgrim

Captain of the Pilgrim

1987

Novel

5.6

Junga Dick Sands takes the place of the dead captain and brings the Pilgrim ship to Africa, and not to America, as the vile villain and slave trader N...

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

1985

Novel

5.7

This is an Australian made-for-television animated film from Burbank Films Australia. The film is an adaptation on Jules Verne's classic French novel,...

Round Vernian Vifam: Memory of Ms. Kate

Round Vernian Vifam: Memory of Ms. Kate

1985

Novel

The story takes place in Kukto in D.C. 2060 - a year after VIFAM. Ypserlon has been restored to peace, though there still remains occasional skirmishe...

In Search for Captain Grant

In Search for Captain Grant

1985

Novel

7.0

Lord and Lady Glenarvan found a bottle in the ocean. this bottle contained a letter from captain Grant that he and 2 of his sailors had survived a dis...

Round Vernian Vifam: 12 Fade Away

Round Vernian Vifam: 12 Fade Away

1985

Novel

8.0

Scott is furious after being falsely accused of peeping into the bedrooms of Claire, Maki, and Katue, and gets into a small craft to run away from hom...

Round Vernian Vifam: 13 Meet Again

Round Vernian Vifam: 13 Meet Again

1984

Novel

Summary of the second half of the Round Vernian Vifam series.

Round Vernian Vifam: A Letter From Katue

Round Vernian Vifam: A Letter From Katue

1984

Novel

Summary of the first half of the Round Vernian Vifam series.

Fifteen Boys Adrift

Fifteen Boys Adrift

1982

Novel

6.4

A troop of children from eight to thirteen, abandoned on an island, struggling for life in the midst of passion fueled by the differences of nationali...

Mysterious Planet

Mysterious Planet

1982

Novel

2.5

A spaceship crash-lands on a planet, and the crew is astonished to find that it holds a beautiful woman who can heal the sick and injured and a race o...

The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians

The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians

1981

Novel

6.3

In 1897, in a castle near the town of Werewolfville in the Carpithians, a slightly deranged Professor Orfanik experiments with his new inventions whic...

Mystery on Monster Island

Mystery on Monster Island

1981

Novel

4.4

A young European boy living in San Francisco is reluctant to marry his long-term girlfriend because he wants to travel around the world first. His wea...

The Carpathian Castle

The Carpathian Castle

1981

Novel

5.3

In late 19th century, a Transylvanian revolutionary fleeing the Imperial authorities goes to Italy where he meets a beautiful soprano who later disapp...

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

1980

Novel

6.0

Based on the novel by Jules Verne.

The Secret of Steel City

The Secret of Steel City

1979

Novel

5.6

The film is a metaphor for the Cold War. It depicts two neighbouring nations: peace loving Fortuna and the not so peaceful land of the Steel City.

Bratři Kipové

1979

Novel

The ship's first officer, Karel Kip, and his brother, engineer Petr Kip, are convicted as mutineers for the mysterious murder of the captain of the sh...

The Amazing Captain Nemo

The Amazing Captain Nemo

1978

Characters

5.0

Captain Nemo is found in suspended animation under the sea and revived by modern-day Navy men in order to battle a fiendish mad scientist.

A Journey to the Center of the Earth

A Journey to the Center of the Earth

1977

Novel

6.0

Following the instructions on a mysterious parchment, Prof. Lindenbrock and his companion, Alex, discover and explore the center of the Earth, a myste...

Journey to the Centre of the Earth

Journey to the Centre of the Earth

1977

Novel

5.1

A 19th-century expedition to the Earth's core reveals primordial wonders, prehistoric monsters and a subterranean civilization that may convey the gre...

5 Weeks in a Balloon

5 Weeks in a Balloon

1977

Scenario Writer

6.5
Writing

An elderly English doctor and his 14-year old American nephew go on a perilous journey to Africa in an hot air balloon with an African guide, to retri...

The Carpathian Castle

The Carpathian Castle

1976

Novel

6.0

In 1898, strange things happen in a castle not far from the small village of Werst in the Carpathian mountains of Transylvania. Twenty years earlier, ...

Off on a Comet

Off on a Comet

1976

Novel

4.0

A Russian count and a French captain and his corporal survey the Algerian coast. Suddenly they are swept up in a mysterious storm. Afterwards, their w...

Captain Nemo

Captain Nemo

1975

Novel

6.3

For several years as a terrible sea monster drowns ships of the Navy. In a small number of ships that managed to survive, in the sides were found huge...

Fifteen Year Old Captain

Fifteen Year Old Captain

1974

Novel

5.0

Dick Sand travels aboard the "Pilgrim" when, following dramatic events, the ship becomes without a captain. Fate has it so that, to keep all sailors i...

The Danube Pilot

The Danube Pilot

1974

Novel

7.0

Based on the Jules Verne's novel "Danube pilot." The film is set during Bulgarian people struggle against the Turkish oppressors. Bulgarian Sergei Lad...

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

1973

Writer

6.3
Writing

Professor Arronax and Ned Land meet Captain Nemo, who reveals that the so-called sea monster they've been told about is actually his submarine The Nau...

Maître Zacharius

Maître Zacharius

1973

Writer

6.0
Writing

Master Zacharius, the village watchmaker, dreams of giving a soul to the automatons he manufactures. A mysterious young man bursts in and seems to wan...

The Mysterious Island

The Mysterious Island

1973

Novel

5.3

1865, The American Civil War: Five POW manage to escape by balloon from Fort Richmond. Caught in a storm and with the balloon damaged they find themse...

The Light at the Edge of the World

The Light at the Edge of the World

1971

Novel

5.9

Pirates take over a lighthouse on a rocky island. They then execute a devious plan to cause ships to run aground, pillaging their wrecks. A lone membe...

Strogoff

Strogoff

1970

Novel

5.3

A captain in the Czar's army encounters danger and romance while carrying a secret message across 19th-century Russia.

On the Comet

On the Comet

1970

Novel

6.0

When a comet passes the Earth very closely, it pulls a small part of North Africa, and a small swathe of humanity, along with it.

Strange Holiday

Strange Holiday

1970

Story

5.7
Writing

Ten boys and a dog are shipwrecked on an island in the Pacific. After a storm they discover another boat has been shipwrecked on the island. They make...

Captain Nemo and the Underwater City

Captain Nemo and the Underwater City

1969

Characters

5.4

Survivors of a sinking ship are rescued by Captain Nemo and his submarine crew. They are taken to an underwater city where they may spend the rest of ...

The Southern Star

The Southern Star

1969

Novel

6.9

Comedy adventure based on a Jules Verne novel about the ups and downs of jewel thieves in the wilds of Africa circa 1900. George Segal is the appealin...

The Secret of Wilhelm Storitz

1967

Novel

6.2

TV adaptation of Jules Verne's posthumously published novel.

The Stolen Airship

The Stolen Airship

1967

Novel

6.9

The Stolen Airship (Czech: Ukradená vzducholod) is a 1967 live-action/animated film by Czech filmmaker Karel Zeman. The story is based loosely on Jule...

Up to His Ears

Up to His Ears

1965

Novel

7.2

A millionaire realizes he really wants to live after he has hired an assassin to kill him.

2 Sene Mektep Tatili

2 Sene Mektep Tatili

1964

Novel

6.0
The Black Indies

The Black Indies

1964

Writer

6.6
Writing

In 1870s Scotland mining engineer James Starr is asked by former colleague Simon Ford, who's living inside the abandoned Aberfoyle mine, to help solve...

The Three Stooges Go Around the World in a Daze

The Three Stooges Go Around the World in a Daze

1963

Novel

5.9

Phileas Fogg III, great grandson of the original Phileas Fogg, accepts a bet to duplicate his great grandfather's famous trip around the world in resp...

Mathias Sandorf

Mathias Sandorf

1963

Novel

5.8

1868. Revolutionary Mathias Sandorf is determined to oust the dictatorship oppressing his country. The people see him as their liberator. Denounced by...

Five Weeks in a Balloon

Five Weeks in a Balloon

1962

Novel

5.4

Professor Fergusson plans to make aviation history by making his way across Africa by balloon. He plans to claim uncharted territories in West Africa ...

Mysterious Island

Mysterious Island

1961

Novel

6.5

During the US Civil War, Union POWs escape in a balloon and end up stranded on a South Pacific island, inhabited by giant plants and animals. They mus...

The Triumph of Michael Strogoff

The Triumph of Michael Strogoff

1961

Novel

6.7

In this adaptation of the Jules Verne novel, the Czarina asks an intrepid colonel to protect her nephew as he fights an invasion in 19th century Russi...

Valley of the Dragons

Valley of the Dragons

1961

Novel

5.5

In 1881 Algeria, an American soldier and a French aristocrat are about to have a duel over a woman when a comet hurtling past the Earth draws them int...

Master of the World

Master of the World

1961

Novel

5.8

A mad genius tries to bomb the world into peace.

Journey to the Center of the Earth

Journey to the Center of the Earth

1959

Novel

6.9

An Edinburgh professor and assorted colleagues follow an explorer's trail down an extinct Icelandic volcano to the earth's center.

From the Earth to the Moon

From the Earth to the Moon

1958

Novel

5.1

Set just after the American civil war, businessman and inventor Victor Barbicane invents a new source of power called Power X. He plans to use it to p...

The Fabulous World of Jules Verne

The Fabulous World of Jules Verne

1958

Novel

7.2

As the world progresses into the industrial age, a professor studying the "nature of pure matter" is spirited away by a would-be dictator and connived...

Michael Strogoff

Michael Strogoff

1956

Novel

6.2

When Emir Feofar Khan, leader of the Tartar hordes, takes up arms and invades the steppes of Eastern Siberia, Czar Alexander II of Russia entrusts the...

Around the World in Eighty Days

Around the World in Eighty Days

1956

Novel, Screenplay

6.6
Writing

Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a ve...

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

1954

Novel

7.0

A ship sent to investigate a wave of mysterious sinkings encounters the advanced submarine, the Nautilus, commanded by Captain Nemo.

Mysterious Island

Mysterious Island

1951

Novel

5.3

It is 1865 and Union prisoners use a military balloon to escape a Southern prison camp near the end of the Civil War. The balloon drifts for days and ...

A Captain at Fifteen

A Captain at Fifteen

1945

Novel

5.1

A classic movie based on a famous "Dick Sand, A Captain at Fifteen" novel by Jules Verne.

Miguel Strogoff

Miguel Strogoff

1944

Novel

5.3

A Russian courier has to deliver a message from the Czar to the Grand Duke across enemy lines .On the way he encounters adventures and colorful charac...

Mysterious Island

Mysterious Island

1941

Novel

5.8

Based on Verne's book The Mysterious Island, five POWs escape from a camp in a balloon during the Civil War and crash-land on an uninhabited island in...

The Soldier and the Lady

The Soldier and the Lady

1937

Novel

6.5

In the face of rebellion in Russia, Czar Alexander II sends soldier Michael Strogoff 2,000 miles away, with a critical message for Grand Duke Vladimir...

Capt. Grant's Family

Capt. Grant's Family

1936

Novel

6.2

The son and daughter of a lost-at-sea captain recruit help to find him on the basis of an incomplete note found in a bottle, and encounter adventures ...

Michel Strogoff

Michel Strogoff

1936

Novel

7.0

The Czar charges a man to deliver a message to the Grand Duke behind enemy lines. On his way he encounters a number of adventures.

The Czar's Courier

The Czar's Courier

1936

Novel

6.0

A Czarist courier has to get across the Siberia frontier, threatened by Tartar invaders and a treacherous Russian helping them. Strogoff encounters se...

The Man in Search of His Murderer

The Man in Search of His Murderer

1931

Writer

6.5
Writing

A man in bad sorts hires a burglar to later kill him, then changes his mind when his fortunes turn and must find the contracted murderer before it is ...

The Mysterious Island

The Mysterious Island

1929

Book

5.2

On a volcanic island near the Kingdom of Hetvia rules Count Dakkar, a benevolent leader and scientist who has eliminated class distinction among the i...

Der Meister der Welt

1927

Novel

6.0
Michel Strogoff

Michel Strogoff

1926

Novel

6.5

Adapted from Jules Verne's 1876 novel Michael Strogoff, the film tells the tale of a Russian courier named Michael Strogoff who has to dash across Rus...

The Isle of Zorda

The Isle of Zorda

1921

Novel

6.0

Sarkani, an adventurer, finds a trusted carrier pigeon, takes possession of the code message and, teaming up with the unscrupulous banker Torenthal, g...

Around the World in 80 Days

Around the World in 80 Days

1919

Novel

5.5

Wealthy Englishman Phileas Fogg bets his friends that he can travel around the world in 80 days.

La Destinée de Jean Morénas

La Destinée de Jean Morénas

1919

Writer

6.0
Writing

An innocent man is imprisoned for a crime he did not commit. Years later, destiny will put him before a tragic dilemma.

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

1916

Novel

6.2

Captain Nemo has built a fantastic submarine for his mission of revenge. He has traveled over 20,000 leagues in search of Charles Denver - a man who c...

Michael Strogoff

Michael Strogoff

1914

Novel

4.8

The Russian Czar sends his trusted confidant, Michael Strogoff, to warn his brother the Grand Duke of a Tartar rebellion that will be led by Feofar Kh...

The Children of Captain Grant

1914

Novel

6.0

The story of the children of Captain Grant.

The Conquest of the Pole

The Conquest of the Pole

1912

Novel

6.2

A science fantasy film that deals with an extraordinary race to the north pole by rival parties of balloonists. Based on the novel "The Adventures of ...

Voyage au centre de la terre

1910

Novel

6.0

Michael Strogoff

1910

Novel

6.0

A graphic reproduction of Jules Verne's famous story under the above title. It deals with a secret mission in Russia

The Airship Destroyer

The Airship Destroyer

1909

Story

5.8
Writing

An inventor uses a wireless controlled flying torpedo to destroy enemy airships.

Excursion to the Moon

Excursion to the Moon

1908

Original Story

5.4
Writing

Segundo de Chomón's remake of Georges Méliès' A Trip to the Moon.

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

1907

Writer

5.2
Writing

The film, a parody of the novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne, follows a fisherman, Yves, who dreams of traveling by submarine ...

The Impossible Voyage

The Impossible Voyage

1904

Novel

7.2

Using every known means of transportation, several savants from the Geographic Society undertake a journey through the Alps to the Sun which finishes ...

Drama in the Air

Drama in the Air

1904

Story

5.8
Writing

This Gaston Velle movie from 1904 was a fairly venturesome piece of film-making for the era. First, its credits include Jules Verne: his second after ...

A Trip to the Moon

A Trip to the Moon

1902

Novel

7.9

Professor Barbenfouillis and five of his colleagues from the Academy of Astronomy travel to the Moon aboard a rocket propelled by a giant cannon. Once...

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: Captain Nemo

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: Captain Nemo

N/A

Novel

An original story based on Jules Verne's 19th-century novel, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.