Atlantis: The Lost Continent

Atlantis: The Lost Continent

90 mins | Adventure, Science Fiction, Fantasy | May 3, 1961

A Greek Fisherman brings an Atlantean Princess back to her homeland which is the mythical city of Atlantis. He is enslaved for his trouble. The King is being manipulated by an evil sorcerer who is bent on using a natural resource of Atlantis to take over the world. The Atlanteans, or rather the slaves of Atlantis, are forced to mine a crystalline material which absorbs the suns rays. These crystals can then be used for warmth. The misuse of science has created weapons out of the crystals that can fire a heat ray to destroy whatever it touches.

Atlantis: The Lost Continent

90 mins | Adventure, Science Fiction, Fantasy | May 3, 1961

Atlantis: The Lost Continent
A Greek Fisherman brings an Atlantean Princess back to her homeland which is the mythical city of Atlantis. He is enslaved for his trouble. The King is being manipulated by an evil sorcerer who is bent on using a natural resource of Atlantis to take over the world. The Atlanteans, or rather the slaves of Atlantis, are forced to mine a crystalline material which absorbs the suns rays. These crystals can then be used for warmth. The misuse of science has created weapons out of the crystals that can fire a heat ray to destroy whatever it touches.
IMDb rating 5.5
Producers George Pal Productions, Galaxy Productions
Original title Atlantis: The Lost Continent
Directors George Pal
Writers Gerald Hargreaves, Daniel Mainwaring

Cast

Sal Ponti

as Demetrios

Joyce Taylor

as Princess Antillia

John Dall

as Zaren

William Smith

as Captain of the Guard

Edward Platt

as Azor the High Priest

Frank De Kova

as Sonoy the Astrologer

Berry Kroeger

as Surgeon

Edgar Stehli

as King Kronas

Wolfe Barzell

as Petros, Demetrios' Father

Jay Novello

as Xandros the Greek Slave

Paul Frees

as Narrator / Multiple Voices (voice)

Nestor Paiva

as Megalos (uncredited)

John Hart

as Nobleman (uncredited)

Phyllis Douglas

as Girl (uncredited)

I. Stanford Jolley

as Governor of Rivers (uncredited)

Gene Roth

as Governor of Animals (uncredited)

Charles Horvath

as Nobleman (uncredited)

Charles Cirillo

as Slave (uncredited)

George Bruggeman

as Guard (uncredited)

Robert 'Big Buck' Maffei

as Andex the Giant (uncredited)

Byron Morrow

as Governor of the Mountains (uncredited)

Will J. White

as Officer (uncredited)

Ralph Smiley

as Pavlo (uncredited)

Harry Fleer

as Governor of Science (uncredited)

David Dyer

as Priest (uncredited)

Alan Callow

as Norseman Slave (uncredited)