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Invention for Destruction

Name: Invention for Destruction
Genre: Steampunk
Released: 1958

Karel Zeman1958

Steampunk

Yesterday's tomorrow
Engines and machines
The deep

Zeman animated the engraved style of Verne's original illustrations, hatching and all. A Czech masterpiece that looks like a Victorian book come alive.

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