The Fabulous World of Jules Verne

The Fabulous World of Jules Verne

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1958 · 83 min · ★ 7.2 · Adventure, Science 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.

Directed by Karel Zeman · Written by Karel Zeman

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Lubor Tokoš Šimon Hart
Jana Zatloukalová Jana
Arnošt Navrátil Profesor Roche
Miloslav Holub Count Artigas
František Šlégr Pirate Captain
Otto Šimánek The Man on the Train
Václav Kyzlink Ing. Serke
František Řehák
Václav Babka
Alena Kreuzmannová Jana (voice)
Felix le Breux Head Physician (voice)
František Černý Capt. Spade

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