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This eye-popping escapade revolves around a scientist and his doomsday machine—and the pirates who will stop at nothing to gain possession of it. Freely adapting the fiction of Jules Verne, and inspired by Victorian line engravings, Karel Zeman surrounds his actors with animated scenery of breathtaking intricacy and complexity, constructing an impossibly vivid proto-steampunk world. Released abroad at the turn of the 1960s, Invention for Destruction went on to become one of the most internationally successful Czechoslovak films of all time.
Original Release
06/27/1958
US Release
11/11/1958
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Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Lubor Tokoš | Simon Hart / Šimon Hart |
| Miroslav Holub | Artigas |
| Frantisek Slégr | Kapitán pirátu / Pirate Captain |
| Václav Kyzlink | Ing. Serke |
| Jana Zatloukalová | Jana |
| Hugh Downs | Self - Announcer |
| František Cerný | Capt. Spade |
| Otto Simánek | Muz ve vlaku |
| Felix le Breux | Head Physician (voice) |
| Alena Kreuzmannová | Jana (voice) |
Directors
Writers
Karel Zeman, František Hrubín, Jules Verne, Milan Vácha
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Lubor Tokoš | Simon Hart / Šimon Hart |
| Miroslav Holub | Artigas |
| Frantisek Slégr | Kapitán pirátu / Pirate Captain |
| Václav Kyzlink | Ing. Serke |
| Jana Zatloukalová | Jana |
| Hugh Downs | Self - Announcer |
| František Cerný | Capt. Spade |
| Otto Simánek | Muz ve vlaku |
| Felix le Breux | Head Physician (voice) |
| Alena Kreuzmannová | Jana (voice) |
| Václav Babka | |
| František Rehák |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Jeffrey C. Hogue | Producer |
| Zdenek Novák | Producer |
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