Journey to the Center of the Earth 1959

1880, Edinburgh, England. Professor Lindenbrook, a geologist, discovers in lava samples from the vicinity of a volcano in northern Iceland the remains of organisms that disappeared from the face of the Earth thousands of years ago. The conclusion: prehistoric life may have been preserved beneath the Earth’s crust! Lindenbrook prepares an expedition to the center of the Earth, which is to set off through the volcano’s crater, with Professor Gothenburg providing the funding. Soon after, he dies tragically, but his beautiful wife carries on her husband’s work and joins the scientists...