English and Spanish subtitles. On the Comet (variously titled Na Kometě and Archa Pana Servadaca in Czechoslovakia) is based on an 1877 novel by Jules Verne, originally titled Hector Servadac but more popularly known as Off on a Comet. The principal characters all happen to be standing on a piece of Earthbound real estate when it detaches itself from the World and becomes a comet. Emil Horvath Jr. plays Servadac, who with cool aplomb tries to cogitate a way out of this dreadful dilemma. On the Comet was the fourth and final Verne adaptation directed by Czech filmmaker Karel Zeman, the best-known of which was 1961's Vynález zkázy (The Deadly Invention, aka Fabulous World of Jules Verne). As in the other three Verne films, Zeman superbly combines live action with animation and woodcut-style backgrounds.
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