Hamburg, Germany: Professor Lindenbrock (Kenneth More) buys a manuscript from a strange old man that describes a mysterious journey - a map to the centre of the earth itself!

With his niece, Glauben, and her fiancé, Axel, they set off to Iceland, where they are joined by Professor Fredrikson and a guide, Hans. Following the old man's directions, they soon find an entrance in an inactive volcano, but after an underground storm and earthquake, they fall into a deep chasm...

While exploring their new surroundings, they meet a mysterious character who offers them help. In his company they discover wonderful things... an underground sea, a forest of gigantic mushrooms, pre-historic creatures, dinosaurs and a King Kong-type gorilla! But the group soon suspect that his motives may not be all they seem...

Starring Kenneth More, one of Britain's most popular actors and a contemporary of such greats as Sir John Mills and Jack Hawkins, this is a wonderful adaptation of Jules Verne's classic novel. Staying true to the style of Ray Harryhausen from a time before CGI, favourable comparisons have been drawn with Clash of the Titans, The Land that Time Forgot, and the Sinbad series of films.