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)Plots(1)
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](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271573_d4b03d.jpg)
Lubor Tokoš
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Witchhammer (1969)
Invention for Destruction (1958)
Forbidden Dreams (1986)
![Arnošt Navrátil](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/051/471/51471317_ed6ba5.jpg)
Arnošt Navrátil
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Invention for Destruction (1958)
Prokop Diviš (1977) (TV movie)
Strom vědění dobrého (1976) (TV movie)
![Miloslav Holub](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274257_b22459.jpg)
Miloslav Holub
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Invention for Destruction (1958)
The Ear (1970)
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen (1961)
![František Šlégr](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274558_700718.jpg)
František Šlégr
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Invention for Destruction (1958)
I Dutifully Report (1957)
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen (1961)
![Václav Kyzlink](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/457/165457886_fbdb7d.jpg)
Václav Kyzlink
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Invention for Destruction (1958)
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
Conscience (1948)
![Jana Zatloukalová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/115/162115003_321dc1.jpg)
Jana Zatloukalová
Best movies:
Invention for Destruction (1958)
Dobrodružství Huckleberryho Finna - Král a vévoda (1966) (TV movie)
Místenka bez návratu (1964)
![Otto Šimánek](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268669_c79972.jpg)
Otto Šimánek
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Vajíčko (1968) (TV movie)
Men About Town (1969)
Invention for Destruction (1958)
![František Řehák](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268166_595094.jpg)
František Řehák
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Secluded, Near Woods (1976)
Invention for Destruction (1958)
The Snowdrop Festival (1983)
![Václav Babka](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272603_a36839.jpg)
Václav Babka
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Invention for Destruction (1958)
All My Compatriots (1968)
The Stolen Airship (1966)
![Alena Kreuzmannová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/633/163633444_a74748.jpg)
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](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274469_18732a.jpg)
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)