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Section: Special Mention
The Stolen Airship (1966)
It’s the Jubilee Exhibition in Prague in 1891 and five boys are admiring a miracle: a supposedly dirigible airship. The owner, Findejs, offers them a free flight to promote the airship, but changes his mind when paying bidders come forward. Unable to expel them, they soon find themselves above the city and the airship is not dirigible! Safely crossing Europe, they are caught in a storm. Crashing on an unknown island, they experience many adventures before being rescued. A science fiction story based on Jules Verne's novel Two Years' Vacation.
| Country | Czech Republic |
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| Year | 1966 |
| Duration | 88 min |
| Rating | 12 |
| Language | Czech |
| Subtitle | English |
| Directed by | Karel Zeman |
| Screenplay | Karel Zeman, Radovan Krátký |
| Director of Photography | Josef Novotný, Bohuslav Pikhart |
| Music | Jan Novák |
| Edited by | Jan Chaloupek |
| Contact | Punk Film |
Biography
A pioneer of Czech stop animation and film tricks. Starting in advertising, his interest in animation brought him to Zlín, where his imagination created, e.g. Journey to the Beginning of Time (1955), The Fabulous World of Jules Verne (1958), and The Fabulous Baron Munchausen (1961).