Vynález zkázy (The Fabulous World of Jules Verne) 1958 Ages 15+

When

7.45pm, Fri 7 Sep 2018 (83 mins)

Where

Gallery of Modern Art & Cinema A

About

'This astonishing Grand Prix winner at Expo ’58 in Brussels was steampunk long before the term was coined. Drawing on the 1896 novel 'Facing the Flag', among other works by Jules Verne, it ingeniously adopts the line engraving aesthetic of Édouard Riou and Léon Benett’s illustrations in original editions of Verne’s novels while anticipating the Cold War paranoia and antic derring-do of the imminent James Bond films'.' – Melbourne Cinémathèque.

Ages 15+

Production Credits

  • Director: Karel Zeman
  • Script: Frantisek Hrubín, Milan Vácha, Karel Zeman
  • Based on: the novel by Jules Verne
  • Cinematographers: Antonín Horák, Bohuslav Pikhart, Jirí Tarantík
  • Cast: Lubor Tokos, Arnost Navrátil, Miroslav Holub, Frantisek Slégr
  • Editor: Zdenek Stehlík
  • Music: Zdenek Liska
  • Production Companies: Československý státní, Filmové Studio Gottwaldov
  • Print Source / Rights: National Film Archive Prague/Karel Zeman Museum
  • Screening Format: DCP, 35mm
  • Year: 1958
  • Runtime: 83 minutes
  • Country: Czechoslovakia
  • Languages: Czech, (with English subtitles)
  • Sound: Mono
  • Colour: Black & White