Directed by:
Karel ZemanComposer:
Luboš FišerCast:
Emil Horváth ml., Magda Vášáryová, František Filipovský, Josef Větrovec, Čestmír Řanda st., Vladimír Menšík, Jiřina Jirásková, Karel Effa, Jaroslav Mareš (more)Plots(1)
Lieutenant Servadac, a member of the French garrison in an African colony, is intrigued during his walk by a portrait of a beautiful girl in the marketplace. While delineating the seashore, Servadac falls into the sea. He cannot swim but luckily he is saved by Angelica, a girl as like as two peas to the girl from the portrait, who has just managed to escape a group of kidnappers from a steamboat. An unprecedented phenomenon appears in the sky - a second sun, which is in fact a comet. Servadac takes Angelica to the citadel, where Colonel Picard has also invited the Spanish consul, unaware that the consul has been conspiring with the sheikh and the natives to prepare a rebellion against the French. The consul's infernal machine fails at the very moment when the comet passes the Earth and pulls with it part of the African continent, including the French colony. Servadac finds out that the comet is heading to Mars, into which it is most probably going to crash. The approach of death changes the behaviour of people. Servadac and Angelica declare their love to each other, enemies become friends, the natives refuse to fight. Servadac's calculations, however, are mistaken, and as soon as Servadac reveals that there is no threat, everything returns to the beaten track - the consul again begins to plot to seize the African territory with the sheikh. The revengeful brothers take Angelica to Sicily on a fishing boat. Servadac jumps into the sea to follow them. On the seashore, batman Ben wakes up his master, who is holding the portrait of the beautiful Angelica in his hand. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Emil Horváth ml.
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
On the Comet (1970)
Henrich IV. (1987) (theatrical recording)
Raz, dva, tri (1985) (TV movie)
Magda Vášáryová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Cutting It Short (1980)
Rok na dedine (1967) (TV movie)
On the Comet (1970)
František Filipovský
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Hamlet (1986) (theatrical recording)
Lišák Pseudolus (1960) (TV movie)
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
Josef Větrovec
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Stolen Airship (1966)
Byl jednou jeden dům (1974) (series)
Svatební cesta do Jiljí (1983) (TV movie)
Čestmír Řanda st.
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Ikaros' Fall (1977) (TV movie)
Tažní ptáci (1983) (TV movie)
Ubohý pan Kufalt (1981) (TV movie)
Vladimír Menšík
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Ikaros' Fall (1977) (TV movie)
Jako kníže Rohan (1983) (TV movie)
Tažní ptáci (1983) (TV movie)
Jiřina Jirásková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Men About Town (1969)
Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping (1983)
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
Karel Effa
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Amadeus (1984)
S Pydlou v zádech (1985) (theatrical recording)
Lemonade Joe (1964)
Jaroslav Mareš
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Naši furianti (1983) (theatrical recording)
Ubohý pan Kufalt (1981) (TV movie)
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
Steva Maršálek
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Muž v pozadí (1995) (series)
Merlin aneb Pustá zem (1988) (theatrical recording)
On the Comet (1970)
Josef Hlinomaz
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Emperor's Baker - The Baker's Emperor (1951)
Lemonade Joe (1964)
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
Jaroslav Štercl
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Men About Town (1969)
Lemonade Joe (1964)
Happy End (1967)
Eduard Kohout
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Cremator (1968)
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen (1961)
The Stolen Airship (1966)
Karel Pavlík
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Higher Principle (1960)
Charleyova teta (1969) (theatrical recording)
Men About Town (1969)
Zdena Bronislavská
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
On the Comet (1970)
The Princess with the Golden Star (1959)
Rusalka (1962)
Zdeněk Braunschläger
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Revizor (1971) (theatrical recording)
The Stolen Airship (1966)
On the Trail of Blood (1969)
Jiří Lír
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Amadeus (1984)
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
The Cremator (1968)
Pavel Libovický
Best movies:
On the Comet (1970)
Žalář nejtemnější (1969) (TV movie)
Jaroslav Klouda
Best movies:
On the Comet (1970)
Hanuš Bor
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Stolen Airship (1966)
On the Comet (1970)
Chef Speciality (1999) (TV movie)