Olli, the main character in the movie, got a very bad grade and is terribly annoyed. She runs away from home and, together with a dog and a horse, finds a (mad? nutty?) scientist in a windmill. They experience the strangest adventures in this windmill and find other interesting characters, a lot of excitement and peril. While you may well interpret something as the "socialist value system" into this movie, it is more meant to be a children's movie, showing the kids that there are more exciting things out there than the ones that your parents and teachers show you, and that you will only find out most of those things on your own, if you show enough curiosity.

本片改编自法国著名科幻作家儒勒·凡尔纳的同名小说。故事发生在1872年的英国伦敦，在一间专供当地绅士们闲居畅谈的俱乐部里，一位名叫福克的绅士跟朋友们闲聊时，扬言自己能在八十天内周游世界，并愿意以二万英镑打赌。随后，福克便带着他的随从巴斯帕图（路路通）匆匆离开了伦敦，开始了一次史无前例的冒险之旅……