In Search for Captain Grant (Russian: «В поисках капитана Гранта», Bulgarian: По следите на капитан Грант) is a 1986 Soviet seven-episode television miniseries adaptation of Jules Verne's 1868 novel In Search of the Castaways directed by Stanislav Govorukhin. It was shot at the Odessa Film Studio and Bulgaria's Boyana Film in 1985.
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Plot
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
Vladimir Smirnov as Jules Verne
Marina Vlady as Marko Vovchok
Lembit Ulfsak as Jacques Paganel
Nikolai Yeremenko Jr. as Lord Glenarvan
Tamara Akulova as Lady Glenarvan
Vladimir Gostyukhin as Major McNabbs
Oleg Stefan as Capt. John Mangles
Ruslan Kurashov as Robert Grant
Galina Strutinskaya as Mary Grant
Anatoli Rudakov as Olbinett
Boris Khmelnitsky as Captain Grant
Kosta Tsonev as Hetzel
Aleksandr Abdulov as Bob the Tar
Fyodor Odinokov as Paddy O'Moore
Filming locations
The film scenes were filmed mostly around the Black Sea region in Bulgaria, Crimea
The initial scene with the hot air balloon was filmed near the city of Rylsk, Russian SFSR
Part of the crossing of Patagonia was staged at Belogradchik Rocks near Belogradchik, Bulgaria and the Caucasus near the town of Dombay, Russian SFSR
Ship scenes were filmed on several ships including the German-built barque Tovarisch, the Finnish-built schooners Kodor, and Zarya.
List of episodes
With Jules Verne around the World (Russian: С Жюль Верном вокруг Света)
The 37th parallel (Russian: 37 параллель)
Talkaw (Russian: Талькав)
The Golden God (Russian: Золотой бог)
Ben Joyce (Russian: Бен Джойс)
Imprisoned by cannibals (Russian: В плену у каннибалов)
Robinson of Oceania (Russian: Робинзон Океании)
