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3 videodiscs (84 pages, 81 pages, 83 min.) : black and white, and color ; sound ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 pamphlet (4 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 25 cm)
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Invention for destruction freely adapted from the writings of Jules Verne
A journey to the beginning of time (1955) : Youngest of four boys one day finds a fossil of trilobite. So his older friend take him on journey through prehistory, up to beginning of time, to see real live trilobites
The fabulous Baron Munchausen is based on the works of Gottfried August Bürger, Gustave Doré
Invention for destruction (1958) : An evil millionaire named Artigas plans to use a super-explosive device to conquer the world from his headquarters inside an enormous volcano
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
The fabulous Baron Munchausen (1962) : The outrageous Baron Munchausen tells of his many adventures, from meeting the Man in the Moon to defeating a Turkish army all by himself
A journey to the beginning of time: screenplay, J. A. Novotný
Invention for destruction : screenplay, František Hrubín
A journey to the beginning of time : Petr Herrmann, Vladimír Bejval, Josef Lukáš, 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; mono; region A; 1.37:1 full frame
In Czech with English subtitles