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Karel Zeman
Born November 3, 1910 · Ostromer u Nové Paky, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]
Died April 5, 1989 · aged 78
Karel Zeman was a brilliant pioneer of special effects in film. Despite his artistic talent, his parents insisted he study business. At the age of 17, he went to Aix-en-Provence in the south of France, where he studied advertising design. In 1943, the film director Elmar Klos offered him a job at the Bata Film Studios. Zeman often had to struggle against difficult conditions in the technically ill…
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Journey to the Beginning of Time · 1955Journey to the Beginning of Time
★ 7.21955
MovieAdventureFantasy
Four schoolboys go on an awe-inspiring expedition back through time, where they behold landscapes and creatures that have long since vanished from the earth.
The Fabulous World of Jules Verne · 1958The Fabulous World of Jules Verne
★ 7.21958
MovieAdventureScience Fiction
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.
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen · 1962The Fabulous Baron Munchausen
★ 7.41962
MovieAnimationFantasy
A 20th century man lands on the Moon and discovers that Baron Munchausen has beaten him to it, accompanied by Cyrano de Bergerac and the characters from Jules Verne's novels about the conquest of the satellite.
The Stolen Airship · 1967The Stolen Airship
★ 7.01967
MovieAdventureScience Fiction
Five young people take off in a lighter-than-air machine at the Prague Centennial Exhibition. In an Art Nouveau style, the film consists of live action 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.
The Sorcerer's Apprentice · 1978The Sorcerer's Apprentice
★ 7.31978
MovieAnimationFantasy
Beggar boy Krabat is lured to apprentice for an evil, one-eyed sorcerer. With a number of others, he works at the sorcerer's mill while learning black magic. Every Christmas, one of the lads has to face the master in a magical duel, where the boy never stands a chance because the master is the only person allowed to use a secret spell.
On the Comet · 1970On the Comet
★ 6.21970
MovieAdventureScience Fiction
When a comet passes the Earth at close range, it pulls a small part of North Africa with it. Carried along are a bunch of people, among them Angelika, who has just escaped from a ruthless weapon dealer's ship, and her two brothers, who are searching for her. Then there's a group of natives planning a rebellion against the French colonists. All conflicts become secondary when the people finally realize that they're doomed to live together on an alien planet. However, this time of peace and happiness won't last for long...
King Lavra · 1951King Lavra
★ 6.21951
MovieAnimationComedy
A king hides an embarrassing secret - and it causes him to execute every barber who cuts his hair.
Sindbad · 2001Sindbad
2001
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2001
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