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A Journey to the Beginning of Time (1955)

Directed by Karel Zeman · Cinematography by Antonín Horák, Václav Pazderník

83 min63 frames

AdventureFantasyFamily

Four boys living the excitement every boy dreams about!

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A Journey to the Beginning of Time (1955) movie still: medium — A young boy stands surrounded by dense green ferns and tropical undergrowth. He…A Journey to the Beginning of Time (1955) movie still: wide — A vast, arid savanna landscape features a large, conical mountain rising in the…A Journey to the Beginning of Time (1955) movie still: wide — A wide river flows between tall, eroded rock cliffs under a clear sky. A small wooden…A Journey to the Beginning of Time (1955) movie still: wide — An arid, stony desert landscape provides the backdrop for a large sculptural model of…A Journey to the Beginning of Time (1955) movie still: wide — A dark subterranean cavern features dramatic crystalline rock formations carved with…A Journey to the Beginning of Time (1955) movie still: wide — Four figures sit in silhouette on a riverbank during the golden hour sunset. A small…A Journey to the Beginning of Time (1955) movie still: wide — A group of zebras traverses a darkened ridge beneath a cloudy, dimming twilight sky.…A Journey to the Beginning of Time (1955) movie still: closeup — A hand-drawn map on lined paper shows a winding river and a mountain. Stick figures…A Journey to the Beginning of Time (1955) movie still: wide — A wide river flows in front of dark, silhouetted mountains during a sunset. Three…A Journey to the Beginning of Time (1955) movie still: medium — A teenage boy peeks through thick, leafy foliage in a rural natural environment. He…A Journey to the Beginning of Time (1955) movie still: wide — A quiet riverbank features a dense forest line and a sandy shore under overcast skies.…A Journey to the Beginning of Time (1955) movie still: establishing — A vast, frozen coastal landscape features jagged ice floes scattered across…A Journey to the Beginning of Time (1955) movie still: wide — A prehistoric lake landscape features a large sauropod moving along a sandy, rocky…A Journey to the Beginning of Time (1955) movie still: medium — Four boys sit in a small wooden rowboat floating on rippling dark water. The boys…A Journey to the Beginning of Time (1955) movie still: closeup — A hand-drawn geological timeline is sketched in black ink on lined notebook paper.…A Journey to the Beginning of Time (1955) movie still: medium — Four boys sit closely together on a dark riverbank at sunset. One boy holds an open…
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A Journey to the Beginning of Time — official trailer

What is A Journey to the Beginning of Time about?

Four schoolboys go on an awe-inspiring expedition back through time, where they behold landscapes and creatures that have long since vanished from the earth.

Where can you watch A Journey to the Beginning of Time?

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What does the cinematography of A Journey to the Beginning of Time look like?

Sampled across 63 frames, the coverage of A Journey to the Beginning of Time leans on wide compositions (59% of the sample) and medium shots (27%). Cinematographer Antonín Horák keeps 81% of it in soft, naturalistic light. This is largely a daylight film — 70% of the frames play in daylight. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Deep focus keeps foreground and background readable at once in 73% of the frames.

What is the color palette of A Journey to the Beginning of Time?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of A Journey to the Beginning of Time (1955) are #32322b, #525349, #aaa693, #8c8976, #76776b, #706a5a — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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  • #706a5a

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