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Status:: IN

DVD006613: Invention for Destruction
: Zeman, Karel
: Second Run Ltd., 2018

Description:: BluRay - Multi-Zone. viewing copy. 1 videodisc of 1.
Notes:: Supplemental materials include: video interview with KUNG FU PANDA director John Stevenson; featurettes about the making of the film, special effects, and restoration; trailer; booklet with essay by critic James Oliver.
Alternate Title:: Vynález zkázy; Fabulous World of Jules Verne
Director:: Zeman, Karel
Production Co:: Czech State Film
Running Time:: Feature. 82 minutes
Sound:: sound - monaural
Color:: b/w
Country:: Czechoslovakia
Year:: 1958
Language:: Czech language with optional English soundtrack and optional English subtitles
Genre:: Animation, Fantasy, Children's Works
Notes:: An evil millionaire named Artigas plans to use a super-explosive device to conquer the world from his headquarters inside an enormous volcano. Based on the novel by Jules Verne.
Link to:: FII catalog |
Alternate Title:: Inspirace
Director:: Zeman, Karel
Production Co:: Filmové Studio Gottwaldov
Running Time:: Short. 11 minutes
Sound:: sound - stereo 2.0
Color:: b/w
Country:: Czechoslovakia
Year:: 1948
Language:: Czech language with optional English subtitles
Genre:: Animation, Fantasy
Notes:: An artist takes inspiration from the rain outside.
Alternate Title:: Král Lávra
Director:: Zeman, Karel
Production Co:: Filmové Studio Gottwaldov
Running Time:: Short. 32 minutes
Sound:: sound - stereo 2.0
Color:: color
Country:: Czechoslovakia
Year:: 1950
Language:: Czech language with optional English subtitles
Genre:: Animation, Fantasy
Notes:: A combined puppet and live action film about a king who hides an embarrassing secret that causes him to execute every barber who cuts his hair. Based on a satirical poem by Karel Havlíček Borovský.
Link to:: FII catalog |

Invention for Destruction

Zeman, Karel

Second Run Ltd., 2018

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