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The Fabulous World of Jules Verne (1961)
As the world progresses into the industrial age, a professor studying the "nature of pure matter" is spirited away by a would-be dictator and connived into building a super-bomb, as a young reporter and a girl rescued from the sea attempt to warn him of their mutual kidnapper's intentions to dominate the world with a new and more-deadly-yet weapon.
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As the world progresses into the industrial age, a professor studying the "nature of pure matter" is spirited away by a would-be dictator and connived into building a super-bomb, as a young reporter and a girl rescued from the sea attempt to warn him of their mutual kidnapper's intentions to dominate the world with a new and more-deadly-yet weapon.
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Genre:Adventure, Science Fiction
Written By:František Hrubín, Jiří Brdečka, Karel Zeman
In Theaters:6/7/1961
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Runtime:83 minutes
Studio:Krátký film Praha – Studio loutkového filmu Gottwaldov
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