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Matka maan keskipisteeseen

Original title: Journey to the Center of the Earth
  • 19591959
  • K-12K-12
  • 2h 9m
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
18K
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Matka maan keskipisteeseen (1959)
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An Edinburgh professor and assorted colleagues follow an explorer's trail down an extinct Icelandic volcano to the earth's center.An Edinburgh professor and assorted colleagues follow an explorer's trail down an extinct Icelandic volcano to the earth's center.An Edinburgh professor and assorted colleagues follow an explorer's trail down an extinct Icelandic volcano to the earth's center.

IMDb RATING
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18K
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  • Director
    • Henry Levin
  • Writers
    • Walter Reisch(screenplay)
    • Charles Brackett(screenplay)
    • Jules Verne(novel "Voyage au centre de la Terre")
  • Stars
    • James Mason
    • Pat Boone
    • Arlene Dahl
  • Director
    • Henry Levin
  • Writers
    • Walter Reisch(screenplay)
    • Charles Brackett(screenplay)
    • Jules Verne(novel "Voyage au centre de la Terre")
  • Stars
    • James Mason
    • Pat Boone
    • Arlene Dahl
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 156User reviews
    • 72Critic reviews
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    • Nominated for 3 Oscars
      • 1 win & 5 nominations total

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    James Mason
    James Mason
    • Sir Oliver S. Lindenbrook
    Pat Boone
    Pat Boone
    • Alec McEwan
    Arlene Dahl
    Arlene Dahl
    • Carla Göteborg
    Diane Baker
    Diane Baker
    • Jenny Lindenbrook
    Thayer David
    Thayer David
    • Count Saknussemm
    Peter Ronson
    Peter Ronson
    • Hans Belker
    Robert Adler
    Robert Adler
    • Groom
    Alan Napier
    Alan Napier
    • Dean
    Mary Brady
    • Kirsty
    • (uncredited)
    Alan Caillou
    Alan Caillou
    • Rector
    • (uncredited)
    Gertrude the Duck
    • Gertrude
    • (uncredited)
    John Epper
    • Groom
    • (uncredited)
    Edith Evanson
    Edith Evanson
    • Innkeeper
    • (uncredited)
    Alex Finlayson
    • Prof. Bayle
    • (uncredited)
    Molly Glessing
    • News Vendor
    • (uncredited)
    Frederick Halliday
    • Chancellor
    • (uncredited)
    Kendrick Huxham
    Kendrick Huxham
    • Scots Newsman
    • (uncredited)
    Owen McGiveney
    Owen McGiveney
    • Shopkeeper
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Henry Levin
    • Writers
      • Walter Reisch(screenplay)
      • Charles Brackett(screenplay)
      • Jules Verne(novel "Voyage au centre de la Terre")
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    • Trivia
      James Mason reportedly had very little patience with Arlene Dahl's "movie star" preening. Their relationship off-screen was very much like their relationship on- screen.
    • Goofs
      (at around 21 mins) Early in the movie, Oliver Lindenbrook speaks of the "stars and galaxies of outer space." In the 1880s, however, our Milky Way galaxy was believed to constitute the entire universe. Knowledge that other galaxies exist beyond our own did not come about till the 1920s. Thus a man of the 1880s would not use the word "galaxy" in its plural form.
    • Quotes

      Sir Oliver Lindenbrook: Are we to be abducted every day in Iceland?

    • Alternate versions
      In some European versions of the film, for example the Spanish dubbing, the "Prof of Geology's Song" was re-dubbed into the "Gaudeamus Igitur" song.
    • Connections
      Edited into Attack of the 50 Foot Monster Mania (1999)
    • Soundtracks
      My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose
      By Robert Burns

      Set to music by Jimmy Van Heusen (as James Van Heusen)

      Sung by Pat Boone

    User reviews156

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    I rest my case
    After reading some of the comments on this film I feel I have to spring to it´s defense. You see I am born and bred in Iceland and as I write this I am in front of my computer in Iceland, so you can believe me when I tell you that ALL THE ICELANDIC IN THIS FILM IS REAL. I understood almost everything that the Icelandic character in the film said and I can assure you that it was particularly articulate and well pronounced. Why someone said that it was fake, I don´t know. I am guessing that he did not hear it well because the sound can be pretty bad in these golden oldies. While we are on the subject let me also add that some of the facts concerning Iceland were wrong. The horse carriage used to transport the group to the volcano is out of place. The interior design of the hotel and the maitre d´hotel´s costume was a bit off. But it´s described like that in Verne´s novel as well so it´s no big deal. And besides every ethnic group is portrayed in a very stereotypical manner; Scots, Italians, everybody. Such nitpicking is therefore dull and unnecessary and people should just enjoy the film for it´s imagination.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • February 26, 1960 (Finland)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • Icelandic
      • English
      • Swedish
      • French
      • Italian
      • Russian
    • Also known as
      • Journey to the Center of the Earth
    • Filming locations
      • Carlsbad Caverns National Park - 727 Carlsbad Caverns Highway, Carlsbad, New Mexico, USA
    • Production companies
      • Twentieth Century Fox
      • Joseph M. Schenck Enterprises
      • Cooga Mooga
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    • Budget
      • $3,440,000 (estimated)
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 9 minutes
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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