The Stolen Airship

Apr 28, 1967

1h 30m

★ 6.9

Overview

The Stolen Airship (Czech: Ukradená vzducholod) is a 1967 live-action/animated film by Czech filmmaker Karel Zeman. The story is 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

Production Companies

Filmové studio Barrandov

Filmové studio Gottwaldov

The Stolen Airship Trailers

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

Three friends - Tomás, Hubert and Jozka - are boys growing up in a little town. Tomás lives with his aunt Apolena and uncle Václav. Tomás is a boy with lots of ideas that often end up getting him into trouble not only with his teachers and aunt, but with the other inhabitants of the town as well. He has a crush on his schoolmate Blanka and for her sake he decides to try to get the prize for the best pupil in the school.

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