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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.
Theatrical
Jun 7, 1961
Theaters
1
Director
Writers
Music
Studio
Krátký film Praha – Studio loutkového filmu Gottwaldov
Original Title
Vynález zkázy
Original Language
CS
Keywords
based on novel or book
kidnapping
shipwreck
invention
hot air balloon
pirate gang
stop motion
automobile
reporter
black and white
scientist
costume drama
evil dictator
steam engine
mini submarine
19th century
giant squid
message in a bottle
nuclear explosive
dreamworld
underwater tunnel
volcanic island
weapons of war
airflight
steam power
magic lantern
hidden island base
rescue at sea
power madness
Cast
Full credits →L
Lubor Tokoš
Šimon Hart
J
Jana Zatloukalová
Jana
A
Arnošt Navrátil
Profesor Roche
M
Miloslav Holub
Count Artigas
F
František Šlégr
Pirate Captain
O
Otto Šimánek
The Man on the Train
V
Václav Kyzlink
Ing. Serke
F
František Řehák
V
Václav Babka
A
Alena Kreuzmannová
Jana (voice)
F
Felix le Breux
Head Physician (voice)
F
František Černý
Capt. Spade
V
Václav Trégl
