Ukradená vzducholoď / The Stolen Airship ČR, 1966, 85min. režie: K.Zeman

Ukradená vzducholoď / The Stolen Airship (1967)

režie / director: Karel Zeman

barevný / color 16:9 85 min.

hrají / cast: Hanuš Bor, Jan Čížek, Jan Malát, Michal Pospíšil, Josef Stráník, Jitka Zelenohorská, Jana Seldmajerová, Věra Macků

titulky / subtitles: Czech, English, French, German

This film from 1966 marked Zeman's charming return to the world of Jules Verne and the age of steam. It was also his first wide-screen film.

Based on the novel, it tells of the two-year vacation adventures of five boys. The story begins at the Prague Jubilee Exhibition in 1891. Five boys meet in Prague at the Prague Exhibition Grounds, where they see a fantastic miracle - dirigible airship owned by the businessman (and trickster) Findejs. To back up his advertising, Findejs offers the boys a trip around Prague free of charge, but when paying guests appear, he tries to throw them out. He fails to evict them and the boys suddenly find themselves alone in the airship over the city. It proves to be anything but dirigible, and they cannot control where it goes! First, they skim safely across Europe, but then they crash on an unknown island in the middle of the ocean. Here they enjoy a number of typical Verne adventures until they are rescued by an expedition organized by the sympathetic journalist Ardan.