Three Fantastic Journeys by Karel Zeman

DVD

Criterion Collection

2020-02-25 · United States

Release: 1

3 discs

Film details

A Christmas DreamPrimary

dir. Karel Zeman

1945

A Horseshoe for Luck

dir. Karel Zeman

1946

Inspiration

dir. Karel Zeman

1949

King Lavra

1950: Karel Zeman

1950

U.S.-release version of Journey to the Beginning of Time from 1960
Alternate English-dubbed soundtrack for Invention for Destruction, and the opening sequence of the 1961 U.S.-release version
New programs with animation filmmaker John Stevenson and special-effects artists Phil Tippett and Jim Aupperle discussing director Karel Zeman and his complex visual trickery
Four early short films by Zeman: A Christmas Dream (1945), A Horseshoe for Luck (1946), Inspiration (1949), and King Lavra (1950)
Film Adventurer: Karel Zeman, a 2015 documentary about the director, featuring filmmakers Tim Burton and Terry Gilliam, illustrator Ludmila Zeman, and others
Short documentaries produced by the Karel Zeman Museum profiling the director and detailing the production and effects of all three films
Restoration demonstrations and an interview with restoration supervisor James Mockoski
Trailers
PLUS: An essay by film critic Michael Atkinson

New 4K digital restorations of all three films
Alternate English-dubbed soundtrack for Invention for Destruction, and the opening sequence of the 1961 U.S.-release version
New English subtitle translations
New covers by Eric Skillman