The cinematic impact and influence of director Karel Zeman are detailed in this short program via interviews with filmmakers Tim Burton and Terry Gilliam and animator Koji Yamamura.

This short program with producer Karel Hutěčka and artist and animator Ludmila Zemanová details their thoughts about the impact of director Karel Zeman on the craft of animation and their own lives.

Produced by the Karel Zeman Museum in 2015, these short documentaries feature new and archival interviews with Zeman, actor Lubor Tokoš, artist Ludmila Zeman, and others on the production, effects, and restoration of INVENTION FOR DESTRUCTION.

The short documentary features director Karel Zeman; actor Miloš Kopecký; and Zeman’s daughter, artist and animator Ludmila Zemanová, recalling the inspiration for and making of THE FABULOUS BARON MUNCHAUSEN.

Produced by the Karel Zeman Museum in 2019, these short documentaries feature new and archival interviews with Zeman, actor Zdeněk Husták, artist Ludmila Zeman, and others on the production, effects, and restoration of JOURNEY TO THE BEGINNING OF TIME.

This 2015 documentary about the life and work of Karel Zeman features archival footage of the director himself, along with contemporary interviews with filmmakers Tim Burton, Terry Gilliam, and Koji Yamamura; artist Ludmila Zeman; and others.

Made in 2019, this program featuring animation filmmaker John Stevenson introduces viewers to the core elements of director Karel Zeman’s work.

Directed by Karel Zeman • 1950 • Czechoslovakia

This early short from 1950 showcases the technical skill, wit, and creativity of director Karel Zeman.

Directed by Karel Zeman • 1945 • Czechoslovakia

This early short from 1945 showcases the technical skill, wit, and creativity of director Karel Zeman.

Directed by Karel Zeman • 1949 • Czechoslovakia

This early short from 1949 showcases the technical skill, wit, and creativity of director Karel Zeman.

Directed by Karel Zeman • 1946 • Czechoslovakia

This early short from 1946 showcases the technical skill, wit, and creativity of director Karel Zeman.

Directed by Karel Zeman • 1958 • Czechoslovakia
Starring Lubor Tokoš, Arnošt Navrátil, František Šlégr

This eye-popping escapade revolves around a scientist and his doomsday machine—and the pirates who will stop at nothing to gain possession of it. Freely adapting the fiction of Jules Verne, and...

Directed by Karel Zeman • 1962 • Czechoslovakia
Starring Milos Kopecký, Rudolf Jelínek

In THE FABULOUS BARON MUNCHAUSEN, Karel Zeman conjures the adventures of the legendary, boastful baron, whose whirlwind exploits take him from the moon to eighteenth-century Turkey to the belly of a whale and ...

Directed by Karel Zeman • 1955 • Czechoslovakia
Starring Petr Herrmann, Vladimír Bejval, Josef Lukáš

A beguiling mix of natural history and science fiction, this early feature by Karel Zeman follows four schoolboys on an awe-inspiring expedition back through time, where they behold landscapes an...