An evil millionaire named Artigas plans to use a super-explosive device to conquer the world from his headquarters inside an enormous volcano.
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| Lubor Tokos | ... | Simon Hart | |
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Arnost Navrátil | ... | Profesor Roch |
| Miroslav Holub | ... | Artigas (as Miloslav Holub) | |
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Frantisek Slégr | ... | Kapitán pirátu |
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Václav Kyzlink | ... | Ing. Serke |
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Jana Zatloukalová | ... | Jana |
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| Hugh Downs | ... | Himself - Announcer (voice) | |
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An evil millionaire named Artigas plans to use a super-explosive device to conquer the world from his headquarters inside an enormous volcano.
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August 1958 (Czechoslovakia) See more »Also Known As:
The Fabulous World of Jules Verne See more »Company Credits
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The plot is loosely based on a lesser known Jules Verne novel "Face au Drapeau" (published in English as "For the Flag" aka "Facing the Flag"). See more »Goofs
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This is even better than Jules Verne (albeit some minor Verne works) with not only the stories and some of the dialogue but period engravings surrounding live actors, animation magic to boot and uncountable other technical tours de force. It is rather cool, perhaps, with the characters rather distant from the viewers but they take second place to the virtuoso special effects. And what effects they are! The drawings are so real they pop off the screen and the music is absolutely wonderful - full Twentieth Century in this case. This is rather like the most elaborate of magic shows: we are willing to sit back and be amused - and amazed. Bravo Karel Zeman and bravo to the whole team! Curtis Stotlar