Journey Beneath the Desert
Cast & Crew
Edgar G. Ulmer
Haya Harareet
Jean-louis Trintignant
Rad Fulton
Amedeo Nazzari
Georges Rivière
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Mining engineers Pierre and Robert are surveying the Sahara in a helicopter piloted by their associate, John, when a storm forces them to crashland in an area that has been designated as a nuclear test ground. Shortly thereafter, they save the life of Tamal, a sheik who leads them into a cavern containing the lost city of Atlantis, ruled by the beautiful and ruthless Antinea. She forbids any escape attempts by her visitors, and when John tries to flee, she transforms him into a golden statue. Robert, upset by the murder of his friend, is sent to the mines and killed by Pierre, who is under Antinea's spell. Later, Zinah, a slave girl, falls in love with Pierre and helps him escape to the desert before a nuclear bomb is detonated and Atlantis destroyed.
Cast
Haya Harareet
Jean-louis Trintignant
Rad Fulton
Amedeo Nazzari
Georges Rivière
Giulia Rubini
Gabriele Tinti
Gian Maria Volontè
Ignazio Dolce
Crew
Renato Cinquini
Remigio Del Grosso
Franco Ferrara
Piero Filippone
Ugo Liberatore
Luigi Nannerini
Amedeo Nazzari
Vittorio Rossi
Carlo Rustichelli
Enzo Serafin
André Tabet
Edgar G. Ulmer
Giovanni Ventimiglia
Nat Wachsberger
Film Details
Technical Specs
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Trivia
Notes
Opened in Rome in May 1961 as Antinea, l'amante della città sepolta; running time: 100 min; in Paris in August 1961 as L'Atlantide; running time: 95 min. Borzage was replaced as director by Ulmer and Masini early in the filming. Previously filmed as L'Atlantide (France, 1921), Die Herren von Atlantis (Germany, 1932), and Siren of Atlantis (United States, 1948).
