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Listen to the song of the Nautilus.

lt defies even the worst storms even if it has to dive.

The phantom of the Nautilus is Captain Nemo's ship.

Oh hey it's the ship of Captain Nemo.

- Doesn't our friend Pencroff have a beautiful voice

Mr. Smith?

But l have never heard him sing

the second verse of this song.

- That's your fault.

You always interrupt me at the same spot.

lt is my favorite song. l know it line by line.

Hey sailor!

Do you have the matches?

What's wrong with him?

Don't worry about him. Shut up!

- Give me the matches!

- You'll get a whole bag unopened!

- Give it to me!

- The money first!

Nab! l knew it!

Hurry! The guards won't get up.

We'll bring them inside. Help me!

We'll go to the balloon.

But one after the other!

That way we won't attract so much attention.

Come with me Harbert! l'll take the matches.

Hide!

Pencroff don't!

- That's our only chance!

Harbert come here!

The wind has calmed. Not a breeze!

lt's going to be a comfortable flight.

l guess so.

What are you doing? Hold it!

What are you doing here during curfew?

- We have a secret mission.

- password?

- Secret mission by the direct

order of Colonel Larochette.

Read it to him.

Read it yourself!

And now tell your friends to put down their rifles.

And be quiet or l'll blow off your brains!

Do as he says.

Move it!

A patrol!

Move it!

Hold it! Who are you?

Balloon control.

What's the password?

Tell him!

- The balloon has a different password.

l don't know it.

Step forward! - But... - Go!

Hold it! The password!

You are too far away.

You can only whipser it to him.

Do you want me to yell it

so that anybody can hear it?

Come closer and l'll tell you.

Forgive me Sergeant.

Now run!

They take the balloon!

Only shoot at the refugees and the basket.

Farewell Richmond!

We've made it!

l only hope that they didn't damage the balloon.

- Where did they hit you Pencroff?

You are not bleading!

They didn't hurt me.

They have hit my new pipe. That's a bad sign.

Listen to me Pencroff

smoking is dangerous to your health.

You are looking worried Mr Smith.

Everything went fine until now.

l've just checked the barometer.

lt is not only a simple storm

but a hurricane. A really big one.

ln 1865 the civil war was raging in the United States.

Furthermore the country was exposed to a hurricane

which devastated great parts of the country.

ln this inferno some brave men

dared to escape in a balloon.

They escaped from Richmond

the headquarters of the Confederates.

lt's now been 4 days

that the hurricane blows us around.

Where is it taking us?

Who knows? Our compass is broke.

What time is it?

Something between 6 and 8.

l can't tell any better because of the fog.

lt is midnight in Richmond.

- Really?

That's a difference of at least 4 hours.

That means that we have travelled round about...

- 5000 miles.

And nobody knows where to.

Don't you feel well Harbert?

Everything is fine Mr. Spilett.

The governor should have given us provisions.

No the food was uneatable anyway.

lt is always uneatable in a besieged city.

Not even Top ate it.

Hey careful!

Thanks Mr. Pencroff.

Mr. Smith the barometer!

We're loosing height.

We are above the ocean!

We have no ballast anymore.

We'll have to loose weight!

Throw out anything unused!

The water barrel!

l don't mind right now.

The box can go as well!

What's inside?

Gold! - Are you mad? - The gold will kill us!

Calm down! Don't fight!

Good.

That should do it.

We are keeping altitude.

No we still are loosing altitude not that fast though.

The balloon has probably been damaged.

lt has become more and more limp since we started.

lf we don't hit land in the next 45 minutes it's over!

Mr. Smith we still could throw out

the weapons and our coats!

- Good idea Harbert!

That'll give us additional 15 minutes.

Don't forget your belt Mr. Pencroff.

With all my money? - Of course.

What kind of belt is that?

But that are my savings of the last five years!

- What's more valuable to you right now:

your live or your savings?

You can't even see the barometer anymore!

lt's no use anyway.

lf the balloon hits the water it's over!

We can't do anything!

Let's climb up the ropes and cut off the basket!

Give Top to me Mr. Smith!

Here you go.

Does it work?

Help!

l've got you!

Thank you. - You're welcome.

Thank you Mr. Spilett.

To be honest Mr. Pencroff

it was purely a reflex movement.

Are you trying to say

that if you had thought about it...

Try to put yourself into my position!

You weigh about 200 pounds.

You know the problem with you is

that l never know when you are joking.

Don't worry about that.

l don't know it either.

Mr. Smith if a flash hits the balloon

is it going to explode?

Hopefully not.

What's wrong with you?

Listen!

Don't you hear that?

l can hear the surf!

And wherever there is surf there is land!

Land in sight!

Mr. Smith land in sight!

Hold on tight!

Mr. Smith!

Top!

Mr. Spilett!

Are we save? - Yes we are.

How is Harbert? - He'll be alright.

Everything will be fine.

Mr. Smith! - ls he okay?

He's going to be alright.

Like a fish in the water.

Where is he going?

You are wasting your time dear black friend.

He's dead.

And we aren't much better off.

Who are you?

The next morning.

How did you like the hotel Mr. Spilett?

The beds were a bit hard.

You would have slept better on the ocean floor.

But it would have been forever.

We'll have to find water as soon as possible.

Otherwise the birds will eat us alive.

Maybe Nab already found some.

Or the sea has taken him.

What about Mr. Smith?

Mr. Spilett l know the sea since l was a child.

We have been too far away

from the coast when we crashed.

Not even the lord himself could swim that far.

Here.

Tell me Pencroff

have you ever been wrecked?

- Yes two times.

The first time at the Chinese

coast and the second time

at Newfoundland.

You are experienced then.

Yes but you can't compare that.

We had guns tools and provisions.

And now we have none of this.

Honestly speaking this is a real bad start.

You could as well say: hopeless.

ln the bars at the harbor

they say that cast away people ate themselves.

Let's hope that it doesn't get this far.

No offense intended Pencroff

but l'm convinced that you wouldn't be such a good

lrish Stew.

Hey Harbert is awake.

Come here! - Come on boy coffee's getting cold.

Good morning Mr. Spilett good morning Pencroff.

Good morning Harbert.

Where is Nab?

l hope he is alright? - Of course he is.

And Mr. Smith?

Mr. Smith? Nab is looking for him.

Do you really think that he'll find him?

Come boy you've got to eat something.

We only have shells today

but once we are organized

l'll promise you the best dainties.

Thank you Mr. Spilett.

But that are no shells. That are lithodorms.

Litho what?

Lithodorms or sea-dates.

But they are eatable?

- Of course. They are similar to shells.

They have a different chalk structure.

You know pretty much!

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