Ludek Sobota, Oldrich Kaiser and Milan Lasica were considered for the part of count Teleke, eventually played by Michal Docolomanský.
Going into territory previously dominated by fellow Czech filmmaker Karel Zeman, this 1981 Czech production was based on a lesser known Jules Verne novel "Le Château des Carpathes" (1892) (published in English as "The Carpathian Castle").
The third in a loose trilogy of film parodies by screenwriter Jirí Brdecka and director Oldrich Lipský, always with Milos Kopecký as the villain. The previous two were Lemonade Joe (1964) and Adela Has Not Had Supper Yet (1978).
"Il Contecanto", the stage name used by Teleke, means "The Singing Count" in Italian.
Jan Svankmajer sat in the post of 'designer of special props', which were, for example, various listening devices of Baron Gorc, multi-purpose artificial arm of Professor Orfanik or his inventions.
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By what name was The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians (1981) officially released in India in English?
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