Karel Zeman Museum
Museum of hand-crafted film trickery, with sets and props from a pioneering animator's fantasy adventures.
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This guide to the Karel Zeman Museum in Prague opens with a young window dresser in 1940s Zlín whose award-winning displays caught a film director's eye, and traces how he became known as the Czech Méliès. It follows his handmade illusions for The Fabulous World of Jules Verne, blending real actors with sets built to look like century-old engravings, and the later filmmakers who admitted they were still chasing his tricks. Look for the props from Baron Munchausen as you make your way through the exhibits.
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