Atlantis, the Lost Continent
1961 · Movie · 90 min. · United States
While at sea, the Greek fisherman Dmitrius (Sal Ponti, as Anthony Hall) finds a girl adrift and rescues her. She claims to be Antilea (Joyce Taylor), a Princess of Atlantis. While tending her, Dmitrius falls in love with her. Recovering, she tries to steal his boat. He stops her but she challenges him to sail to her home where she promises to reward him with great riches. They set forth but are instead captured by an Atlantean submarine. Back in Atlantis, he, like all outsiders, is made a slave. He curses her name, although she is unaware of what has happened to him. Dmitrius takes the only recourse – to fight for his freedom in the arena – in order to win his Princess and stop the plans of the king’s power-mad advisor to declare war on the outside world.
Direction George Pal
Cast Sal Ponti · Joyce Taylor · John Dall · William Smith · Edward Platt · Berry Kroeger · Paul Frees · Frank DeKova · Jay Novello · Wolfe Barzell · Edgar Stehli
Soundtrack Russell Garcia
Screenplay Daniel Mainwaring · Gerald Hargreaves
Cinematography Harold E. Wellman
Original title Atlantis, the Lost Continent
5.1
142 votes (FilmAffinity)
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