20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

1985 · 50 min · ★ 5.9 · Animation, Adventure, Drama, TV Movie, Family

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, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1870).

Directed by Warwick Gilbert · Written by Stephen MacLean

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