Where to watch Karel Zeman in the UK
Find every Karel Zeman film and TV show streaming, free, or available to rent in the UK. Updated daily — verified 4 May 2026.
Karel Zeman was a brilliant pioneer of special effects in film. Despite his artistic talent, his parents insisted he study business. At the age of 17, he went to Aix-en-Provence in the south of France, where he studied advertising design. In 1943, the film director Elmar Klos offered him a job at the Bata Film Studios. Zeman often had to struggle against difficult conditions in the technically ill-equipped Kudlov Studios. Many of the workers with whom he started had no particular experience of filming. They, like Zeman himself, had to learn everything on the job. Journey to the Beginning of Ti…
Karel Zeman films streaming in the UK
Most-watched films featuring Karel Zeman, available across UK streaming, rent and buy.
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- The Fabulous World of Jules Verne (1958) Director
- Journey to the Beginning of Time (1955) Director
- The Fabulous Baron Munchausen (1962) Director
- On the Comet (1970) Director
- The Jester's Tale (1964) Director
- Film Adventurer Karel Zeman (2015) as Self (archive footage)
- The Stolen Airship (1967) Director
- Strakonický dudák (1955) Special Effects
- Laterna magika II (1960) Director
- A Thousand and One Nights (1974) Director
- The Sorcerer's Apprentice (1978) Director
- Cukr (1946) Special Effects
- A Christmas Dream (1945) Director
- Inspiration (1949) Director
- The Tale of John and Mary (1980) Director
- The Treasure of Bird Island (1953) Animation
- Mr. Prokouk: A Horseshoe for Luck (1946) Director
- Karel Zeman for Children (1980) Director
- Mr. Prokouk, The Volunteer (1947) Story
- Mr. Prokouk, The Office Clerk (1947) Director
- Mr. Prokouk, The Inventor (1949) Screenplay
- King Lavra (1951) Director
- Mr. Prokouk, The Animal Lover (1955) Director
- Sindbad (2001) Scenario Writer
- 110 Years of the Pilsen Brewery (1952) Director
- Mr. Prokouk, The Filmmaker (1948) Screenplay
- The Hamster (1946) Director
- Mr. Prokouk in Temptation (1947) Director
- Mr. Prokouk, Detective (1957) Screenplay
- La magie Karel Zeman (2015) Director
- Black diamond (1956) Story
- Mr. Prokouk, The Acrobat (1959) Writer
- One Hundred and Ten Years of the Pilsen Brewery Director
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