The Fabulous World of Jules Verne
Cast & Crew
Karel Zeman
Louis Tock
Ernest Navara
Milo Holl
Jane Zalata
Van Kissling
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In the 19th century, Professor Roche, a scientist working on a powerful explosive, and his young assistant Simon Hart are kidnaped by pirates and taken to a volcanic island in a remote part of the Atlantic. The unsuspecting professor believes that he was captured to prevent his invention from falling into evil hands and that he is now free to work in a laboratory inside the volcano. Though Hart learns that the pirate chief, Artigas, plans to use the explosive to conquer the world, he is unable to warn the professor, who is imprisoned in an isolated hut. Aided by Jana, another captive, Hart succeeds in launching a balloon with a message to the outside world. Eventually he escapes, is picked up by a French submarine, and returns to the island in a final attempt to warn the professor. Roche has discovered the duplicity himself, however, and sets off the explosive, destroying himself, the island, and the pirates; Hart and Jana escape in a giant balloon.
Director
Karel Zeman
Cast
Louis Tock
Ernest Navara
Milo Holl
Jane Zalata
Van Kissling
Francis Sherr
Hugh Downs
Crew
Frank Belfin
Jirí Brdecka
Sydney Fox
Francis Gross
Antony Hora
Zep Kopal
Francis Kramm
Joseph E. Levine
Henry Liss
Ernest Marchand
Zdenek Novák
Syd Ostrov
B. S. Piccard
Hanu¿ Silvera
Zdenik Stehlik
Franti¿ek Strangmüller
George Taran
George Taran
Milan Vacca
Joseph Zeman
Karel Zeman
Karel Zeman
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Released in Czechoslovakia in June 1958 as Vynález zkázy. The following are among those credited under anglicized names: Lubor Toko¿ (Louis Tock), Arno¿t Navrátil (Ernest Navara), Miloslav Holub (Milo Holl), Jana Zatloukalová (Jane Zalata), Václav Kyzlink (Van Kissling), Franti¿ek ¿légr (Francis Sherr), Franti¿ek Hrubín (Francis Gross), Zdenek Li¿ka (Sydney Fox), Franti¿ek Belfin (Frank Belfin), Jirí Tarantík (George Taran), Bohuslav Pikhart (B. S. Piccard), Antonín Horák (Antony Hora), Zdenek Rozkopal (Zep Kopal), Zdenek Stehlík (Zdenik Stehlik), Milan Vácha (Milan Vacca). The film combines live action and animation.
