A cartographer in the French military is surveying northern Africa when he falls into the sea. A comet passes, carrying away Arabians, French and Spaniards with it. The cartographer meets a beautiful woman and they fall in love as chaos unfolds around them.
So unique! Illustrations from the Jules Verne novel were mixed with live action and animation. There were stop motion dinosaurs, illustrated backdrops and live action sections, sometimes with compositing into the illustrations or illustrations composited into live action. The plot and characters were not all that great, but it was so visually weird that this didn't matter much. Most of the special effects looked like 1920s style because the video was mostly in tinted black and white. If you're looking for something really strange to watch and don't mind reading subtitles, this is a good one. I rate it awesome.
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