Directed by:
Karel ZemanCinematography:
Jiří TarantíkComposer:
Zdeněk LiškaCast:
Lubor Tokoš, Arnošt Navrátil, Miloslav Holub, František Šlégr, Václav Kyzlink, Jana Zatloukalová, Otto Šimánek, František Řehák, Václav Babka (more)VOD (1)
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Full-lenght picture based on a novel by Jules Verne. The main theme of the film is the fate of an ingenious inventor of an unusually powerful explosive. He was kidnapped by a pirate to a mysterious island, where his invention is to serve the destructive intention of the criminal. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
Lubor Tokoš
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Witchhammer (1969)
Invention for Destruction (1958)
Forbidden Dreams (1986)
Arnošt Navrátil
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Invention for Destruction (1958)
Prokop Diviš (1977) (TV movie)
Strom vědění dobrého (1976) (TV movie)
Miloslav Holub
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Invention for Destruction (1958)
The Ear (1970)
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen (1961)
František Šlégr
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Václav Kyzlink
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Invention for Destruction (1958)
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
Conscience (1948)
Jana Zatloukalová
Best movies:
Invention for Destruction (1958)
Dobrodružství Huckleberryho Finna - Král a vévoda (1966) (TV movie)
Místenka bez návratu (1964)
Otto Šimánek
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Vajíčko (1968) (TV movie)
Men About Town (1969)
Invention for Destruction (1958)
František Řehák
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Secluded, Near Woods (1976)
Invention for Destruction (1958)
The Snowdrop Festival (1983)
Václav Babka
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Invention for Destruction (1958)
All My Compatriots (1968)
The Stolen Airship (1966)
Alena Kreuzmannová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
How to Get Dad Into Reform School (1978) (TV movie)
Invention for Destruction (1958)
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
Felix le Breux
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Invention for Destruction (1958)
The Emperor's Baker - The Baker's Emperor (1951)
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)