The Fabulous World of Jules Verne

Aug 22, 1958

1h 23m

★ 7.2

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Overview

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.

Genres

Adventure

Science Fiction

Production Companies

Krátký film Praha – Studio loutkového filmu Gottwaldov

The Fabulous World of Jules Verne Trailers

Cast

Šimon Hart

Lubor Tokoš

Jana

Jana Zatloukalová

Profesor Roche

Arnošt Navrátil

Count Artigas

Miloslav Holub

Pirate Captain

František Šlégr

The Man on the Train

Otto Šimánek

Ing. Serke

Václav Kyzlink

František Řehák

Václav Babka

Jana (voice)

Alena Kreuzmannová

Head Physician (voice)

Felix le Breux

Capt. Spade

František Černý

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