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The Stolen Airship (1967)

The Stolen Airship poster
Original title
Ukradená vzducholoď
Directed by
Karel Zeman
Genre
science fiction film
Country
Italy
Runtime
1h 28m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 27 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A group of boys sets off on a stolen airship and ends up on a mysterious island. The film blends live action with old fashioned animation in a colorful adventure.

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What happens

The Stolen Airship (Czech: Ukradená vzducholoď; Italian: I ragazzi del capitano Nemo) is a 1966 live-action/animated film by Czech filmmaker Karel Zeman. The story is 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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