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The Fabulous World of Jules Verne (1958)

The Fabulous World of Jules Verne (1958)

Science Fiction Adventure

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

Release Date: 1958, August 22
Directors: Karel Zeman
Countries: Czechoslovakia
Production: Krátký film Praha – Studio loutkového filmu Gottwaldov, Krátký film Praha – Studio loutkového filmu Gottwaldov
Cast: Lubor Tokoš, František Černý, Alena Kreuzmannová, Miloslav Holub, Otto Šimánek, Václav Kyzlink, František Šlégr, Felix le Breux, Jana Zatloukalová, Arnošt Navrátil

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

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