The Stolen Airship

Five young people take off in a lighter-than-air machine at the Prague Centennial Exhibition. A live-action/animated film based loosely on Jules Verne's novels Two Years' Vacation and The Mysterious Island. The film in Art Nouveau style consists of live-action scenes, generally shot in black and white, as well as hand-drawn, stop-motion, and cutout animation. Various live-action and animated elements are often composited into the same scene.

Director: Karel Zeman

Cast: Michal Pospíšil, Hanuš Bor, Jan Čížek, Josef Stráník, Jan Malát, Jitka Zelenohorská, Čestmír Řanda, Stanislav Šimek

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