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.
Genre: Adventure, Science Fiction
Stars: Lubor Tokoš, Jana Zatloukalová, Arnošt Navrátil, Miloslav Holub, František Šlégr, Otto Šimánek
Crew: Karel Zeman (Director), Jules Verne (Novel), Milan Vácha (Dialogue), Zdeněk Liška (Original Music Composer), Antonín Horák (Cinematography), Bohuslav Pikhart (Cinematography)
Country: Czechoslovakia
Language: Český
Studio: Krátký film Praha – Studio loutkového filmu Gottwaldov
Runtime: 83 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Aug 22, 1958
IMDb: 3.9
Keywords:based on novel or book, kidnapping, shipwreck, invention, hot air balloon, pirate gang, automobile, reporter, black and white, scientist, 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
