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Release Date:
27 June 1958 (Belgium) more
Tagline:
Never before seen! Like nothing on this planet! Like no other screen adventure ever seen in America! more
Awards:
1 nomination more
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A wonderful adventure movie with a unique look more (7 total)

Cast

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Lubor Tokos ... Simon Hart
Arnost Navrátil ... Profesor Roch
Miroslav Holub ... Artigas (as Miloslav Holub)
Frantisek Slégr ... Kapitán pirátu
Václav Kyzlink ... Ing. Serke
Jana Zatloukalová ... Jana
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Also Known As:
A Deadly Invention (International: English title) (literal title)
The Fabulous World of Jules Verne (USA)
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USA:83 min
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The animation and production design of the film is intended to evoke the woodcut illustrations of the original Jules Verne novels. more
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A wonderful adventure movie with a unique look, 10 February 2006
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Author: Man_With_a_Harmonica from Finland

The movie is based on a Jules Verne book I actually have read once, about ten years ago. I remember I liked the book a lot, and this movie does a good job in telling the story. The most important thing in this movie isn't the story, however, but the highly original visual look it has.

The visuals are absolutely beautiful, and they are apparently achieved by a clever combination of animated drawings combined with live actors, stop-motion animation and sets that are painted so that they look much like from an animated movie. Combined by Jules Verne's own unique versions of airplanes and submarines and Karel Zeman's good directing results in a very well done and convincing visual style that manages to effectively hold one's attention until the end of the movie.

There are some problems as well, one of the underwater scenes at the end takes maybe needlessly lot of time for example, as the story in the first part of the movie is rushed through quite quickly. None of this matters much though since the movie is always highly enjoyable. A gem that deserves to be more well known for today's audiences as well. A recommended movie for the whole family.

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