Invention for Destruction

The story of the engineer Simon Hart – as recorded in his diary – takes place at a time when humanity was driven by a belief in inevitable progress. New inventions emerged like mushrooms after the rain and attracted criminals to abuse them…

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Czechoslovakia 1958
  • English
83 min.
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  • This film is available until 20. 8. 2027 in these territories: Czechia, Slovakia.
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Hart, along with his mentor, Professor Roch are kidnapped by the rogue Count Artigas. This alleged benefactor of the professor’s re­search is in fact the cynical boss of a band of pirates, who deliberately sink merchant ships to steal their cargo. The trusting Roch is for a long time completely unaware that Artigas wants to exploit his new explosive to gain world domination. Hart, cut off from the old scientist in a makeshift shack, tries to thwart the plans of the villains and inform the world outside of their real intentions. Meanwhile he meets the young beauty Jane, who was rescued during one of the pirate attacks. With some difficulty, he manages to send a message from the villain’s lair on the island of Back Cup, a high-tech base hidden inside what looks to the outside world like a smoldering volcano. But it is not easy to attack overwhelmingly powerful enemies who possess the deadly submarine Nautilus and an array of deadly inventions…

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Credits
Director: Karel Zeman
Based on: Jules Verne
Screenplay: Karel Zeman, František Hrubín, Jiří Brdečka
Cinematography: Jiří Tarantík
Music: Zdeněk Liška
Sound: František Strangmüller, Hanuš Silvera
Editing: Zdeněk Stehlík
Production Design: Zdeněk Rozkopal, Karel Zeman
Producer: Zdeněk Novák, Jan Stráník
Costumes: Karel Postřehovský
Cast: Lubor Tokoš, Arnošt Navrátil, František Šlégr, Miloslav Holub, Václav Kyzlink, Jana Zatloukalová, Felix le Breux, Otto Šimánek, Alena Kreuzmannová, František Řehák
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  • This film is available until 20. 8. 2027 in these territories: Czechia, Slovakia.