A classic sci-fi novel about a lost world! Otto Lidenbrok, a German scientist, professor of geology and mineralogy, finds an encrypted parchment in an old Icelandic book in the spring of 1863 . As a result of decoding, it turned out that the famous Icelandic alchemist of the 16th century allegedly descended into the crater of an extinct volcano and reached the center of the Earth. Lidenbroke decided to use these coordinates and repeat the feat of the ancient alchemist Neither the scientist himself nor his nephew Axel, who got behind him, did not suspect that they were waiting for them ahead... The novel was repeatedly filmed.