''The Stolen Airship'' ( cz, Ukradená vzducholoď; it, I ragazzi del capitano Nemo) is a
1966
Events January
* January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko.
* January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo i ...
live-action/animated film by Czech filmmaker
Karel Zeman
Karel Zeman (3 November 1910 – 5 April 1989) was a Czech film director, artist, production designer and animator, best known for directing fantasy films combining live-action footage with animation. Because of his creative use of special effec ...
.
The story is based loosely on
Jules Verne
Jules Gabriel Verne (;''Longman Pronunciation Dictionary''. ; 8 February 1828 – 24 March 1905) was a French novelist, poet, and playwright. His collaboration with the publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel led to the creation of the ''Voyages extraor ...
's novels ''
Two Years' Vacation
''Two Years' Vacation'' (french: Deux ans de vacances) is an adventure novel by Jules Verne, published in 1888. The story tells of the fortunes of a group of schoolboys stranded on a deserted island in the South Pacific, and of their struggles t ...
'' and ''
The Mysterious Island''. The film in
Art Nouveau
Art Nouveau (; ) is an international style of art, architecture, and applied art, especially the decorative arts. The style is known by different names in different languages: in German, in Italian, in Catalan, and also known as the Modern ...
style consists of
live-action scenes, generally shot in
black and white
Black-and-white (B&W or B/W) images combine black and white in a continuous spectrum, producing a range of shades of grey.
Media
The history of various visual media began with black and white, and as technology improved, altered to color. ...
, as well as
hand-drawn,
stop motion, and
cutout animation. Various live-action and animated elements are often
composited into the same scene.
Cast
* Hanus Bor as Tomás Dufek
* Jan Cizek as Martin
* Jan Malát as Pavel
* Michal Pospísil as Jakoubek Kurka
* Josef Stráník as Petr
* Jitka Zelenohorská as Katka
* Jana Sedlmajerová as Renata (Sekretárka)
* Vera Macku as Martinova (Matka)
* Eva Kubesová as Dufková
* Marie Brozová as Jakoubkova babicka
References
External links
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Study guide for the film
1967 films
1967 animated films
1967 adventure films
Czech aviation films
Italian animated films
Films directed by Karel Zeman
Films with live action and animation
Films using stop-motion animation
Animated films based on novels
Films based on French novels
Films based on works by Jules Verne
Art Nouveau works
Films based on multiple works
Czechoslovak animated films
Czech animated films
Czech adventure films
Films with screenplays by Karel Zeman
Czechoslovak adventure films
Italian adventure films
1960s Italian films
Steampunk films
Czech animated adventure films
Czech animated fantasy films
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