In Search for Captain Grant

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In Search for Captain Grant (Russian: В поисках капитана Гранта, Bulgarian: По следите на капитан Грант) is a 1986 Soviet 7 episodes television miniseries adaptation of Jules Verne's 1868 novel In Search of the Castaways directed by Stanislav Govorukhin.[1] It was shot on the Odessa Film Studio and Bulgarian Boyana Film in 1985.[2]

In Search for Captain Grant
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Based onIn Search of the Castaways
by Jules Verne
Screenplay byStanislav Govorukhin
Directed byStanislav Govorukhin
StarringLembit Ulfsak
Nikolai Yeremenko Jr.
Vladimir Gostyukhin
Oleg Stefan
Theme music composerIsaak Dunayevsky
Maksim Dunayevsky
Igor Kantyukov
Country of originSoviet Union
Bulgaria
Original languagesRussian, Bulgarian
No. of episodes7
Production
ProducerGemila Panibrat
CinematographyTimur Zelma
EditorsDobrina Minova
Valentina Oleynik
Running time448 minutes
Production companiesOdessa Film Studio
Boyana Film
Original release
NetworkSoviet CT Programme One
BNT 1
ReleaseMay 13 (1986-05-13) –
May 21, 1986 (1986-05-21)

Plot

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The film consists of two subplots. The first tells about the life of the writer Jules Verne and the history of creation and publication of the novel In Search of the Castaways. The second actually narrates the novel.

Lord and Lady Glenarvan found in the sea a bottle with a letter from Captain Grant, whose ship was wrecked. After the refusal of the British government to conduct searches, The Glenarvans decide to find captain Grant themselves with Grant's children Mary and Robert.

Cast

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Filming locations

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List of episodes

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  1. With Jules Verne around the World (Russian: С Жюль Верном вокруг Света)[3]
  2. The 37th parallel (Russian: 37 параллель)
  3. Talkaw (Russian: Талькав)
  4. The Golden God (Russian: Золотой бог)
  5. Ben Joyce (Russian: Бен Джойс)
  6. Imprisoned by cannibals (Russian: В плену у каннибалов)
  7. Robinson of Oceania (Russian: Робинзон Океании)

References

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  1. ^ Рецензия на фильм
  2. ^ «В поисках капитана Гранта» на сайте «Энциклопедия отечественного кино»
  3. ^ "Интервью со Станиславом Говорухиным". Retrieved 2010-09-29.
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