A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
August 22, 1958
Original Title:
Vynález zkázy
Alternate Titles:
A Deadly Invention
Aventures fantastiques
Die Erfindung des Verderbens
Invention for Destruction
L'invention diabolique
The Deadly Invention
Genres:
Adventure | Science Fiction
Production Companies:
Krátký film Praha – Studio loutkového filmu Gottwaldov
Production Countries:
Czechoslovakia
Ratings / Certifications:
CZ: U DE: 6 GB: U HU: 6 IT: T PL: 7
Runtime: 83
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.
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Animatronic and Prosthetic Effects:
Arnošt Kupčík
Jindřich Liška
František Krčmář
Art Designer:
Karel Zeman
Josef Zeman
Zdeněk Ostrčil
Assistant Camera:
František Vlček
Arne Parduba
Assistant Director:
Zdeněk Rozkopal
Assistant Editor:
Diana Hönigová
Assistant Production Manager:
Vojtěch Kunčík
Cinematography:
Antonín Horák
Bohuslav Pikhart
Clapper Loader:
Vojtěch Kunčík
Conductor:
František Belfín
Costume Design:
Karel Postřehovský
Dialogue:
Milan Vácha
Director:
Karel Zeman
Director of Photography:
Jiří Tarantík
Editor:
Zdeněk Stehlík
First Assistant Director:
Milan Vácha
Makeup & Hair:
Oldřich Mach
František Havlíček
Novel:
Jules Verne
Original Music Composer:
Zdeněk Liška
Production Design:
Karel Zeman
Production Manager:
Zdeněk Novák
Jan Stráník
Screenplay:
František Hrubín
Jiří Brdečka
Karel Zeman
Screenstory:
Karel Zeman
Set Decoration:
Zdeněk Rozkopal
Sound:
František Strangmüller
Hanuš Silvera
Special Effects:
Karel Zeman
Jiří Tarantík
Bohuslav Pikhart
Antonín Horák
Zdeněk Ostrčil
Josef Zeman
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