The Fabulous World of Jules Verne (1958)
August 22, 1958Release Date
The Fabulous World of Jules Verne (1958)
August 22, 1958Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Currently The Fabulous World of Jules Verne is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: DocAlliance Films, Criterion Channel
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Lubor Tokoš
Šimon Hart
Jana Zatloukalová
Jana
Arnošt Navrátil
Profesor Roche
Miloslav Holub
Count Artigas
František Šlégr
Pirate Captain
Otto Šimánek
The Man on the Train
Václav Kyzlink
Ing. Serke
Hugh Downs
Self - Announcer
František Řehák
Václav Babka
Alena Kreuzmannová
Jana (voice)
Felix le Breux
Head Physician (voice)
František Černý
Capt. Spade
Karel Zeman
Director / Production Design / Special Effects / Screenplay / Screenstory / Art Designer
Jules Verne
Novel
Milan Vácha
Dialogue / First Assistant Director
Zdeněk Liška
Original Music Composer
Jeffrey C. Hogue
Producer
Antonín Horák
Cinematography / Special Effects
Bohuslav Pikhart
Cinematography / Special Effects
Zdeněk Rozkopal
Set Decoration / Assistant Director
František Hrubín
Screenplay
Jiří Brdečka
Screenplay
Diana Hönigová
Assistant Editor
Vojtěch Kunčík
Assistant Production Manager / Clapper Loader
Jiří Tarantík
Director of Photography / Special Effects
František Vlček
Assistant Camera
Arne Parduba
Assistant Camera
Josef Zeman
Art Designer / Special Effects
Zdeněk Ostrčil
Art Designer / Special Effects
Karel Postřehovský
Costume Design
Oldřich Mach
Makeup & Hair
Media.
Details.
Release DateAugust 22, 1958
Original NameVynález zkázy
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 23m
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Wiki.
Invention for Destruction (Czech: Vynález zkázy) is a 1958 Czechoslovak black-and-white science fiction adventure film, directed by Karel Zeman, produced by Zdeněk Novák, and starring Lubor Tokoš, Arnošt Navrátil, and Miloslav Holub. Based on several works by Jules Verne, primarily his 1896 novel Facing the Flag (with which the film shares its Czech title), the film evokes the original illustrations for Verne's works by combining live actors with various forms of animation.
The film was distributed in North America by Warner Bros. Pictures in 1961 and was dubbed into English and retitled The Fabulous World of Jules Verne. It was distributed in 72 countries around the world, where it received widespread attention. It is considered the most successful Czech film ever made.
During the 2000s, a 35 mm print of the original film, with English subtitles, was shown internationally at film festivals with the on-screen English title A Deadly Invention. In 2014 to 2015, a digital restoration was made which includes the reinsertion of a cut scene not included since the film's original 1958 previews. Now both the original Czech version, with English subtitles, and the English-dubbed version are internationally available, restored in high-definition video under the title Invention for Destruction.