Under the Seas (1907) Short Film Parody

Under the Seas (French: Deux Cents Mille Lieues sous les mers ou le Cauchemar du pêcheur) is a short silent film made in 1907 by the French director Georges Méliès. The film, a parody of the 1870 novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas by Jules Verne, follows a fisherman who dreams of traveling by submarine to the bottom of the ocean, where he encounters both realistic and fanciful sea creatures, including a chorus of naiads.