The Fabulous World of Jules Verne
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 Film poster for American release |
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| Directed by | Karel Zeman |
| Produced by | Zdeněk Novák |
| Written by | Karel Zeman František Hrubín Jiří Brdečka Milan Vacha |
| Based on | Facing the Flag by Jules Verne |
| Starring | Lubor Tokoš Arnošt Navrátil Miloslav Holub |
| Music by | Zdeněk Liška |
| Cinematography | Jiří Tarantík Bohuslav Pikhart Antonín Horák |
| Editing by | Zdeněk Stehlík |
| Distributed by | Ceskoslovensky Statni Film Warner Bros. Pictures (U.S release) |
| Release date(s) | Czechoslovakia 1958 United States June 28, 1961 |
| Running time | 83 minutes |
| Country | Czechoslovakia |
| Language | Czech |
The Fabulous World of Jules Verne (Czech: Vynález zkázy, literally The Deadly Invention or An Invention for Destruction) is a 1958 Czechoslovak adventure film directed by Karel Zeman. Based on several works by Jules Verne, primarily his 1896 novel Facing the Flag, the film evokes the original illustrations for Verne's works by combining live actors with various forms of animation.[1]
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[edit] Cast
- Lubor Tokoš as Simon Hart
- Arnošt Navrátil as Professor Roch
- Miloslav Holub as Count Artigas
- František Šlégr as Captain Spade
- Václav Kyzlink as Engineer Serke
- Jana Zatloukalová as Jana
- Otto Šimánek as Man in Train (uncredited)
- Václav Trégl (uncredited)
- František Černý (uncredited)
- Hugh Downs as Introductory Host (US version)
[edit] Reception
Vynález zkázy premiered in Czechoslovakia on 22 August 1958,[2] and was featured at Expo 58 in Brussels, where it won the Grand Prix at the International Film Festival.[3]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Kael, Pauline (1991). 5001 Nights at the Movies. New York: Holt. pp. 179. ISBN 0805013679. http://books.google.com/books?id=0NlZpWZn4JsC.
- ^ "Vynález zkázy (1958)". kinobox.cz. http://www.kinobox.cz/film/23068-vynalez-zkazy.
- ^ Pišťanek, Peter (9/17/2009). "Karel Zeman Génius animovaného filmu". SME. http://kultura.sme.sk/c/5019919/karel-zeman-genius-animovaneho-filmu.html. Retrieved 1 February 2012.
[edit] External links
- The Fabulous World of Jules Verne at the Internet Movie Database
- The Fabulous World of Jules Verne at AllRovi
- Thesis on Zdeněk Liška's music for the film (Czech)
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