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Section: Czechoslovakian Cinema: Films of My Childhood
Journey to the Beginning of Time (1955)
When a boy finds a live trilobite in a cave from which a river flows out of, he can't figure out how a creature that lived millions of years ago could be alive. Books and a visit to a museum don't help. In the end, the boy decides to follow old Verne's example, so he and his friends go on an expedition to prehistory. They go by boat into the cave and go back to the ice age and to the Cenozoic, Mesozoic, Carboniferous and Silurian periods. They have the opportunity to see in detail how many changes the Earth and life had to go through.
| Country | Czechoslovakia |
|---|---|
| Year | 1955 |
| Duration | 93 min |
| Rating | 6 |
| Language | Czech |
| Subtitle | English |
| Directed by | Karel Zeman |
| Screenplay | Karel Zeman, J.A. Novotný |
| Director of Photography | Václav Pazderník, Antoník Horák |
| Music | Emil František Burian, Vlastimil Pinkas |
| Edited by | Zdeněk Stehlík |
| Contact | Muzeum Karla Zemana |
Biography
A pioneer of Czech stop animation and film tricks. His interest in puppet films brought him to Zlín, where he made a number of successful works, e.g. Journey to the Beginning of Time (1955), The Fabulous Baron Munchausen (1961), Krabat — The Sorcerer's Apprentice (1977), and The Tale of John and Mary (1980).