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The Fabulous World of Jules Verne

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Karel Zeman

Tchécoslovaquie

1957 Fiction 1h27

The story of a band of pirates who kidnap from his modified submarine the professor Thomas Roch, inventor of an extraordinary explosive...

With : Lubomir Tokos, Jana Zatloukalová, Miloslav Holub, Arnost Navrátil, Frantisek Clegr, Václav Kyzlink
Screenplay : Frantisek Hrubin, Karel Zeman d'après la nouvelle "Face au Drapeau" de Jules Verne
Image : Jiri Tarantik
Maquette : Zdenek Rozkopal
Music : Zdenek Kiska
Editing : Zdenek Stehlik

Production : Ceskolevesky Films
Distribution: Grands Films Classiques

For this cinematic adaptation of Jules Verne's novel, Karel Zeman wanted the 125,000 images of his film to resemble the original engravings of Benen and Riou. The actors move about in a flat setting, drawn in black lines, on a white background, with splashes of ink or light to suggest depth. For each shot, Zeman had to combine techniques from fiction, animation, and marionette films. The Fabulous World of Jules Verne recalls the films of Georges Méliès through its use of light shades and especially through the humour and poetry present in the film's numerous clever ideas.