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Viaje al Centro de la Tierra
Fabulous Journey to the Center of the Earth
Journey to the Center of the Earth / Where Time Began
Spain 1976
produced by
Almena Films
directed by Juan Piquer Simón
starring Kenneth More, Pep Munné, Ivonne Sentis, Frank Brana, Jack Taylor, Ana Arco, Lone Fleming, Emiliano Redondo, José Rivera, José María Caffarel, Ángel Álvarez, Luis Barboo, Blaki, Ricardo Palacios, Manuel Pereiro, George Rigaud
screenplay by John Melson, Carlos Puerto, Juan Piquer Simón, based on the novel by Jules Verne, music by Juan Carlos Calderón, Juan José García Caffi
Jules Verne's Journey to the Center of the Earth
review by
Mike Haberfelner
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From an obscure source, Professor Lindenbrock (Kenneth More) receives
the diary of a man who attempted to travel to the center of teh earth ...
and now he wants to do the same, accompanied by his niece Glauben (Ivonne
Sentis), her fiancé Axel (Pep Munné), and their guide, Hans (Frank
Brana), a mountaineer and shepherder without sheep who agrees to join only
because the Professor promises to pay him in sheep.
Soon enough our quartet of heroes jump down a volcano in Iceland and
dicsover everything you would expect them to discover: an underground
ocean, dinosaurs, giant gorillas (ok, I bet you didn't expect this one)
and of course the customary lost city. And they meet a fellow traveller to
the center of the earth, Olson (Jack Taylor), whose motives seem to be
unclear, but who in the end turns out to be a time traveller - for no
apparent reason - and who ultimately helps them escape from a dinosaur
stampede by making the underground waterlevel rise and shoot them out by
another volcano in Greece. And in the end, he sends the professor his time
machine - again for no apparent reason.
A rather trashy version of Jules Verne's famous novel, with dinosaurs
and giant apes as added attractions, and a time traveller who fails to
make any sense narratively. Unfortunately this might sound a lot funnier
than it is, in all director Juan Piquer Simon's approach to the topic is
rather heavy handed and especially the prologue - which consists of
nothing other than the professor deciding to travel to the center of the
earth - takes up way to much running time. Still, there are a few laughs
in this one, but generally speaking, 1959's Journey
to the Center of the Earth is the more entertaining film (though
also not without its flaws).
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