Phantastische Reise zum Mittelpunkt der Erde (1977)

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Kenneth More

Prof. Otto Lindenbrock

Pep Munné

Axel
(as Pep Munne)

Ivonne Sentis

Glauben

Frank Braña

Hans Belker

Jack Taylor

Olsen

José María Caffarel

Professor Fridleson
(as Jose Mª Caffarel)

Emiliano Redondo

Prof. Kristoff

Lone Fleming

Martha

Ricardo Palacios

Train ticket collector

Jorge Rigaud

Professor

Fabián Conde

Professor
(as Fabian Conde)

Ana del Arco

Hans cousin's wife

Manuel Pereiro

Barta Barri

Professor

Ángel Álvarez

Professor
(as Angel Alvarez)

Ángel Menéndez

Professor
(as Angel Menendez)

Blaki

Museum janitor

Enrique Navarro

Bookseller

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Wissenswertes
Never released in British theaters, this film was first released in the UK on ITV during Christmas Day of 1978.

Patzer
(at about four minutes and 56 seconds into the film) In the film's English dubbed version, Professor Kristoff uses different measurement units in three consecutive sentences: "Because the distance between the Earth's crust and its core is over 6,500 KILOMETERS. And no man has ever descended to a depth of more than THREE MILES. So it's obvious we'll never have a glimmer of true knowledge until we are able to reach a depth of at least a HUNDRED LEAGUES."

Zitate
Axel: Yesterday, you had a deep gash on your forehead. Wounds apparently heal must faster here. Ah, then what a fine battleground it would make!

Verbindungen
Features Die Reise zum Mond (1902)

Essentially a recasting of the 1959 version as opposed to a remake (think a traveling version of your favorite Broadway play and you get the picture). Now that video allows us to experience the original over and over again, this film becomes less unique. The overall film is not so bad (considering the genre) if it weren't for the fact that this film was done so much better twenty years earlier. As far as casting Kenneth More in the James Mason role...what can I say? More is Less. This film was made during the time when films such as THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT, THE PEOPLE THAT TIME FORGOT, and AT THE EARTH'S CORE were successful, and this version shares much with those films regarding style. I think if I were a kid in 1977 watching this in a theater and never seeing the original I would have thought it would be great. If only the director would have introduced new themes or viewpoints to the familiar story it could be enjoyed today. The film can be recommended however for a great gimmick for it's opening credits...a montage of the original Georges Melies silent films of Jules Verne's works set to the film's theme song. I've never seen them used in any other adaptation and it was a nice tribute.