The Stolen Airship

Apr 28, 1967

1h 24m

★ 6.9

Overview

Five young people take off in a lighter-than-air machine at the Prague Centennial Exhibition. A live-action/animated film based loosely on Jules Verne's novels Two Years' Vacation and The Mysterious Island. The film in Art Nouveau style consists of live-action scenes, generally shot in black and white, as well as hand-drawn, stop-motion, and cutout animation. Various live-action and animated elements are often composited into the same scene.

Genres

Adventure

Science Fiction

Animation

Production Companies

Filmové studio Barrandov

Filmové studio Gottwaldov

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Cast

Jakoubek Kurka

Michal Pospíšil

Tomáš Dufek

Hanuš Bor

Martin

Jan Čížek

Pavel

Josef Stráník

Petr

Jan Malát

Katka

Jitka Zelenohorská

Findejs

Čestmír Řanda

Editor Ardan

Stanislav Šimek

kapitán

Josef Větrovec

Walstone

Jan Teplý

Rudolf Deyl

Jana Sedlmajerová

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No overview available.

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