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- BFI identifier36166
- Date1968 (Copyright)
1968-07-14 (Release) - Production countryUnited Kingdom
- Production company
- SynopsisFantasy drama. The crew and passengers of the run-down tramp steamer 'Corita' set off from Freetown, heading for Caracas. The captain, Lansen, is determined to avoid the customs inspectors and a storm warning. He is carrying a cargo of explosive material which will blow up if it comes in contact with water. The assorted passengers are also hiding dark secrets. The ship runs into trouble in a storm and some crew members leave in a lifeboat, while Lansen and the passengers aim to keep the cargo safe from a gash in the hold. Lansen and the passengers take another lifeboat, lest the 'Corita' blow up. After the storm they reboard the ship and, powerless to stop a killer seaweed from guiding their propellor, soon find themselves becalmed in the Sargasso Sea. Here they discover a society descended from Spanish Conquistadors and pirates living among the boggy seaweed and a rocky island, under the rule of a young man who takes his lead from a tyrannical, hooded member of the Inquisition. The crew try to fight their way free. The story is told largely in flashback from a burial at sea which occurs near the very end of the action. (Synopsis)
- Work historyDirection note: Michael Carreras took over direction from Leslie Norman. Carreras also wrote the screenplay, under the pen name Michael Nash.
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- Subject
- CreditsDirector: Michael Carreras
[Director]: Leslie Norman
Production Company: Hammer Film Productions
view all - CastEric Porter (Captain Lansen)
Hildegard Knef (Eva Peters)
Suzanna Leigh (Unity Webster)
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Title
The Lost Continent (Original)
EIDR identifier
10.5240/6045-5E9D-9FCD-AFBC-97F7-ECategory
FictionThis work is included in the BFI Filmography.
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35mm Colour Positive - Safety - Combined - Master
35mm Colour Positive - Safety - Combined - Master
35mm Colour Positive - Mainly safety - Combined - Status pending
16mm Negative - Safety - Combined - Status pending
35mm Colour Positive - Safety - Combined - Status pending
16mm Dupe Negative - Safety - Mute - Master
16mm Re-recorded Negative - Safety - Sound - Master
view all - Scripts / DocumentsMusic Cue Sheet (Special Collections) - MUS-810
Script - Script type: Final screenplay - SCR-11512
Script - Script type: Combination title script - SCR-11513
Ephemera: publicity - PBM-36166
Medium pressbook held. Music cue sheet held.
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Photograph: film still - Landscape - SPD-3336422
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Work - 36166 - 1968 (Copyright)
United Kingdom - Film - Fiction
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