Adapted from the novel of the same name by Jules Verne

Part of the extraordinary journeys imagined by French novelist Jules Verne, "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" has become a classic tale of underwater wonders that fascinated even before they were known to the human eye. The story of Captain Nemo and the submarine Nautilus is told from the perspective of Professor Pierre Aronnax, a renowned French biologist, who is sent on a scientific expedition to investigate an unknown sea monster. After a confrontation, it turns out that the monster is none other than the submarine Nautilus, and the harpooner Ned Land, Professor Aronnax and his assistant, the faithful Conseil, become prisoners of its enigmatic leader, Captain Nemo. Thus, for a long period of time, they share the self-imposed exile of Captain Nemo, withdrawn from the civilized world both because of the cruel disappointment caused by his peers who kidnapped his family and homeland, and animated by the desire for scientific knowledge. His belief is that true freedom is found only in the depths of the sea. The journey through the underwater paradise (not without adventures and incidents) takes the heroes through waters populated by never-before-seen creatures, among the corals of the Red Sea, under the polar ice caps of Antarctica and even past the ruins of the legendary Atlantis.

How will the journey of the three heroes, for whom captivity is an opportunity to travel around the world underwater, end? Will they stay with Captain Nemo and his crew or will they return to the surface world?

Distribution:

Professor Aronnax: Rhine Tripe

Captain Nemo: Florian Silaghi

Ned Land: Igor Lungu

Advice: Florin Stan

The narrator: Mirela Corbeanu/Rin Tripa (voice)

Puppet handlers: Ioana Dagău, Zentania Lupşe, Alexandru Pop

Adaptation and artistic direction: Radu Dinulescu

Set design, original music and 3D image creation: Armand Richelet-Kleinberg 

Assistant director: Carmen Mărginean

Premiere date: January 21, 2012 

Festivals:

• EUROMARIONETE International Animation Art Festival, Arad Puppet Theatre – May, 2012
• "Beautiful Girls, Good Fairies and Kind Ilenes" Festival, Ion. D. Sîrbu Dramatic Theater from Petroşani – May, 2012