The Stolen Airship
1967 · 84 min · ★ 7.0 · Adventure, Science Fiction, Animation
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.
Directed by Karel Zeman · Written by Karel Zeman
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- M Michal Pospíšil Jakoubek Kurka
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Hanuš Bor Tomáš Dufek - J Jan Čížek Martin
- J Josef Stráník Pavel
- J Jan Malát Petr
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Jitka Zelenohorská Katka -
Čestmír Řanda Findejs - S Stanislav Šimek Editor Ardan
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Jana Sedlmajerová
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