The Fabulous World of Jules Verne

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The Fabulous World of Jules Verne (1958)

Directed by Karel Zeman

“Fantastic Pedal Blimps Fly The Skies! - Four-Footed Machines In Incredible Sea Battle!”

Adventure, Science Fiction · 1h 23m

As the world progresses into the industrial age, a professor studying the "nature of pure matter" is spirited away by a would-be dictator and connived into building a super-bomb, as a young reporter and a girl rescued from the sea attempt to warn him of their mutual kidnapper's intentions to dominate the world with a new and more-deadly-yet weapon.

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Cast

Crew

Director
Karel Zeman
Screenplay
Karel Zeman, Jiří Brdečka, František Hrubín
Novel
Jules Verne
Director of Photography
Jiří Tarantík
Original Music Composer
Zdeněk Liška
Editor
Zdeněk Stehlík

Details

Original title
Vynález zkázy
Release date
1958-08-22
Runtime
1h 23m
Genres
Adventure, Science Fiction
Original language
CS
Spoken languages
Czech
Countries
Czechoslovakia
Production
Krátký film Praha – Studio loutkového filmu Gottwaldov