This film was more like Christopher Marlowe's "Doctor Faustus" than anything by Jules Verne, but it is about a scientist who. upon falling asleep, dreams that he is being attacked by the moon.

It tries to reveal the meaning of Verne's book in the context of the changes of modern times.

Dropping off to sleep, he begins to dream. The wall behind him transforms into a screen, with a portrait of Jules Verne. The boy imagines the starry night sky, with comets shooting by. The gondola ...

Jules Verne, born in 1828 in France, emerged as one of the pioneers of science fiction literature. His works, such as "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" and "Around the Moon," have inspired ...