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MASTER SCORE 77.9 / 100
1958·Adventure / Animation / Fantasy·1h 23m

INVENTION FOR DESTRUCTION

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

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.

Above the Line
Karel Zeman·DirectorFrantišek Hrubín·ScreenplayJiří Brdečka·ScreenplayJiří Tarantík·Director of PhotographyZdeněk Liška·Original Music ComposerZdeněk Stehlík·Editor
Cast
Lubor Tokoš·Šimon HartJana Zatloukalová·JanaArnošt Navrátil·Profesor RocheMiloslav Holub·Count ArtigasFrantišek Šlégr·Pirate CaptainOtto Šimánek·The Man on the TrainVáclav Kyzlink·Ing. SerkeFrantišek ŘehákVáclav BabkaAlena Kreuzmannová·Jana (voice)
Full Crew
(30 credits)
Directing· 3
Karel Zeman·DirectorMilan Vácha·First Assistant DirectorZdeněk Rozkopal·Assistant Director
Writing· 6
František Hrubín·ScreenplayJiří Brdečka·ScreenplayKarel Zeman·ScreenplayJules Verne·NovelMilan Vácha·DialogueKarel Zeman·Screenstory
Camera· 4
Jiří Tarantík·Director of PhotographyVojtěch Kunčík·Clapper LoaderFrantišek Vlček·Assistant CameraArne Parduba·Assistant Camera
Editing· 2
Zdeněk Stehlík·EditorDiana Hönigová·Assistant Editor
Sound & Music· 3
Zdeněk Liška·Original Music ComposerFrantišek Strangmüller·SoundHanuš Silvera·Sound
Art & Design· 8
Karel Zeman·Production DesignKarel Postřehovský·Costume DesignZdeněk Rozkopal·Set DecorationKarel Zeman·Art DesignerJosef Zeman·Art DesignerZdeněk Ostrčil·Art DesignerOldřich Mach·Makeup & HairFrantišek Havlíček·Makeup & Hair
Production· 1
Vojtěch Kunčík·Assistant Production Manager
Other Departments· 3
Karel Zeman·Special EffectsArnošt Kupčík·Animatronic and Prosthetic EffectsJindřich Liška·Animatronic and Prosthetic Effects
By the Numbers
77.9
OF 100
Master Score
7.5
OF 10
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