Viaje a los Tiempos Prehistoricos
1955
Artist / Maker / Culture
Eladio Rivadulla Martínez
DIMENSIONS
36 x 27 3/4 in. (91.4 x 70.5 cm)
OBJECT NUMBER
PH.637
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
Children, Cuba, Czech Republic, Dinosaur, Entertainment, Film
CREDIT LINE
Poster House Permanent Collection
KEYWORDS
Children, Cuba, Czech Republic, Dinosaur, Entertainment, Film

Eladio Rivadulla Martínez’s illustrated poster design for the Cuban release of the 1955 Czech adventure sci-fi film Cesta de Pravĕku (Journey to Prehistoric Times) is closely based on the film still that dominates the original Czech poster. It shows a scene in which the four protagonists watch in terror from a raft on the river during a twilight fight between two dinosaurs. The film was directed by Karel Zeman and was the first of his productions to include special effects and stop-motion. It was also unusually successful internationally for a Czech film of the time. A version of the film titled Journey to the Beginning of Time, with new scenes and dubbing, was released in the United States in 1966, and the original even influenced a scene in Steven Spielberg’s 1993 Jurassic Park.

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