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Invention for Destruction (1958)

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Genre : Adventure, Science Fiction

Runtime : 1H 23M

Director : Karel Zeman
Writer : František Hrubín, Jiří Brdečka, Karel Zeman

Synopsis

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.

Actors

Lubor Tokoš
Lubor Tokoš
Šimon Hart
Jana Zatloukalová
Jana Zatloukalová
Jana
Arnošt Navrátil
Arnošt Navrátil
Profesor Roche
Miloslav Holub
Miloslav Holub
Count Artigas
František Šlégr
František Šlégr
Pirate Captain
Otto Šimánek
Otto Šimánek
Václav Kyzlink
Václav Kyzlink
František Řehák
František Řehák
Václav Babka
Václav Babka
Alena Kreuzmannová
Alena Kreuzmannová
Jana (voice)
Felix le Breux
Felix le Breux
Head Physician (voice)

Crews

Karel Zeman
Karel Zeman
Director
Jules Verne
Jules Verne
Novel
Milan Vácha
Milan Vácha
Dialogue
Milan Vácha
Milan Vácha
First Assistant Director
Zdeněk Rozkopal
Zdeněk Rozkopal
Assistant Director
Jiří Tarantík
Jiří Tarantík
Director of Photography
František Vlček
František Vlček
Assistant Camera
Arne Parduba
Arne Parduba
Assistant Camera
Zdeněk Rozkopal
Zdeněk Rozkopal
Production Design
Karel Zeman
Karel Zeman
Art Designer
Josef Zeman
Josef Zeman
Art Designer
Zdeněk Ostrčil
Zdeněk Ostrčil
Art Designer
František Mádl
František Mádl
Set Decoration
Vilém Janík
Vilém Janík
Set Decoration
Karel Postřehovský
Karel Postřehovský
Costume Design
Oldřich Mach
Oldřich Mach
Makeup & Hair
František Havlíček
František Havlíček
Makeup & Hair
Zdeněk Stehlík
Zdeněk Stehlík
Editor
František Strangmüller
František Strangmüller
Sound
Hanuš Silvera
Hanuš Silvera
Sound
Arnošt Kupčík
Arnošt Kupčík
Animatronic and Prosthetic Effects
Jindřich Liška
Jindřich Liška
Animatronic and Prosthetic Effects
František Krčmář
František Krčmář
Animatronic and Prosthetic Effects
Jiří Tarantík
Jiří Tarantík
Special Effects
Bohuslav Pikhart
Bohuslav Pikhart
Special Effects
Antonín Horák
Antonín Horák
Special Effects
Zdeněk Ostrčil
Zdeněk Ostrčil
Special Effects
Josef Zeman
Josef Zeman
Special Effects
Zdeněk Novák
Zdeněk Novák
Production Manager
Jan Stráník
Jan Stráník
Production Manager
František Belfín
František Belfín
Conductor
František Hrubín
František Hrubín
Screenplay
Jiří Brdečka
Jiří Brdečka
Screenplay
Karel Zeman
Karel Zeman
Screenplay
Karel Zeman
Karel Zeman
Screenstory
Diana Hönigová
Diana Hönigová
Assistant Editor
Vojtěch Kunčík
Vojtěch Kunčík
Assistant Production Manager
Vojtěch Kunčík
Vojtěch Kunčík
Clapper Loader
Zdeněk Liška
Zdeněk Liška
Original Music Composer

Trailers and other movies

John Landis on THE FABULOUS WORLD OF JULES VERNE
Karel Zeman: Invention for Destruction - distribution trailer of the digitally restored film

Posters and backgrounds

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