Three fantastic journeys by Karel Zeman

9781681436890

Three-Blu-ray special edition

3 videodiscs (84, 81, 83 min.) : black and white, and color ; sound ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 pamphlet (4 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 25 cm)
4 3/4 in
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mono
LPCM 1.0
Dolby Digital 1.0
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Blu-ray
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CHVR: NR

3 fantastic journeys by Karel Zeman
Motion picture adaptation of (work) : Baron Munchausen's narrative of his marvellous travels
Container of (work): Cesta do pravěku (Motion picture)
Container of (work): Vynález zkázy (Motion picture)
Container of (expression): Vynález zkázy (Motion picture). English
Container of (work): Baron Prášil (Motion picture)
Journey to the beginning of time
Invention for destruction
Fabulous Baron Munchausen
Vánočni sen
Podkova pro štěstí
Inspirace
Král Lávra
Film Adventurer : Karel Zeman

Title from container packaging
Invention for destruction freely adapted from the writings of Jules Verne
The fabulous Baron Munchausen is based on the works of Gottfried August Bürger, Gustave Doré
Restored
Originally produced as motion pictures in 1955, 1958 and 1962
Special edition features: U.S-release version of "Journey to the Beginning of Time" from 1960 ; Alternate English-dubbed soundtrack for "Invention for destruction" and the opening sequence of the 1961 U.S.-release version; New programs with animation filmmaker John Stevenson and special-effects artists Phil Tippett and Jim Aupperle discussing Zeman and his complex visual trickery; Four early short films by Zeman -- A Christmas dream (1945), A horseshoe for luck (1946), Inspiration(1949), and King Lavra (1950) ; a 2015 documentary about the director featuring Tim Burton, Terry Gilliam, Ludmila Zeman and others ; Short documentaries produced by the Karel Zeman Museum; Restoration demonstrations and an interview with supervisor James Mockoski ; trailers ; new English subtitle translations ; essay by film critic Michael Atkinson
A journey to the beginning of time: story, Karel Zeman ; screenplay, J. A. Novotný ; camera, Václav Pazderník, Antonín Hoŕak ; music, E. F. Burian ; editor, Zdeněk Stehlík; directed by Karel Zeman
The fabulous Baron Munchausn: screenplay by Karel Zeman; editor, Věra Kutilová; camera, Jiři Tarantík; music, Zdeněk Liška; directed by Karel Zeman
Invention for destruction : story, Karel Zeman; screenplay, František Hrubín; camera, Jiři Tarantík; music, Zdeněk Liška; editing, Zdeněk Stehlík ; animations, Arnošt Kupčík, Jindřich Liška, František Krčmář
A journey to the beginning of time : Petr Herrmann, Vladimír Bejval, Josef Lukáš, Zdeněk Husták; narrator, Bedřich Šetena
Invention for destruction : Lubor Tokoš, Anrošt Navrátil, František Šlégr, Miloslav Holub, Václav Kyzlink, Jana Zatloukalová
The fabulous Baron Munchausen : Miloš Kopecký, Jana Brejchová, Rudolf Jelínek, Karel Höger, Jan Werich, Rudolf Hrušínský
Blu-ray; region A; 1.37:1 full frame ; LPCM 1.0
In Czech with English subtitles

Cesta do pravěku = A journey to the beginning of time / Československy státní film, Studio dětského filmu v Gottwaldově uvádí ; námět, Karel Zeman ; scénář, Karel Zeman, J.A. Novotný ; režie, Karel Zeman.
Vynález zkázy = Invention for destruction / Ústřední půjčovna filmů uvádí film ; scénář, Karel Zeman, František Hrubín ; režisér a výtvarník, Karel Zeman.
Baron Prášil = The fabulous Baron Munchausen / Ústřední půjčovna filmů uvádí film ; námět a scénát, Karel Zeman ; výroba, Josef Ouzký ; režiser, Karel Zeman

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Atkinson, Michael, 1962- essayist
Bejval, Vladimír, 1942-2011, actor
Brejchová, Jana, 1940- actor
Burton, Tim, 1958- on-screen participant
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher
Gilliam, Terry, on-screen participant
Herrmann, Petr, 1938-2018, actor
Holub, Miroslav, 1915-1999, actor
Hrubín, František, 1910-1971, screenwriter
Jelínek, Rudolf, 1935- actor
Kopecký, Miloš, 1922-1996, actor
Liška, Zdeněk, 1922-1983, composer (expression)
Motion picture adaptation of (work) : Verne, Jules, 1828-1905. Face au drapeau
Navrátil, Arnošt, 1926-1984, actor
Novotný, J. A., screenwriter
Stevenson, John, 1959- on-screen participant
Šetena, Bedřich, 1939-2015, narrator
Tarantík, Jiří, 1926-1998, director of photography
Tippett, Phil, on-screen participant
Tokoš, Lubor, 1923-2003, actor
Zeman, Karel, 1910-1989, film director, screenwriter
Zeman, Ludmila, on-screen participant