''In Search for Captain Grant'' (russian: В поисках капитана Гранта, bg, 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 ''In Search of the Castaways'' (french: Les Enfants du capitaine Grant, lit=The Children of Captain Grant) is a novel by the French writer Jules Verne, published in 1867–68. The original edition, published by Hetzel, contains a number of ill ...

'' directed by

Stanislav Govorukhin Stanislav Sergeyevich Govorukhin (russian: Станислав Сергеевич Говорухин; 29 March 1936 – 14 June 2018) was a Soviet and Russian film director, actor, screenwriter, producer and politician. He was named People's Artis ...

. It was shot on the

Odessa Film Studio Odesa Film Studio ( uk, Одеська кіностудія художніх фільмів) is the Ukrainian, formerly Soviet film studio in Odesa, one of the first in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union. It is partially owned by a governmen ...

and Bulgarian Boyana Film in 1985.

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 ''

''. 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 *

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as Marko Vovchok *

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as Jacques Paganel *

Nikolai Yeremenko Jr. Nikolai Nikolaevich Yeremenko Jr. ( be, Мікалай Мікалаевіч Яроменка (малодшы), (russian: Никола́й Никола́евич Ерёменко-мла́дший; 14 February 1949 — 27 May 2001) was a Soviet and ...

Lord Glenarvan Lord Glenarvan is a fictional character that appears in Jules Verne's 1868 novel ''In Search of the Castaways'' and then briefly appears in ''The Mysterious Island'' (1875). He is a wealthy Scottish noble married to Lady Glenarvan. Fictional app ...

* Tamara Akulova as Lady Glenarvan *

Vladimir Gostyukhin Vladimir Vasilyevich Gostyukhin (russian: Владимир Васильевич Гостюхин, be, Уладзі́мір Васі́льевіч Гасцю́хін, born 10 March 1946) is a Soviet and Russian, Belarusian film and stage actor. ...

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

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region in

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* The initial scene with the

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was filmed near the city of Rylsk,

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* Part of crossing the

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was staged at Belogradchik Rocks near

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and the Caucasus near the town of

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* Ship scenes were filmed on several ships including the German-built barque Tovarisch, the Finish-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)

References

External links

* 1986 films Films based on works by Jules Verne Soviet television miniseries Odessa Film Studio films 1980s Russian-language films Films directed by Stanislav Govorukhin 1980s Soviet television series Soviet adventure films Russian adventure films 1980s adventure films 1980s television miniseries {{1980s-USSR-film-stub