An animated film about the British engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel, who spearheaded numerous engineering marvels of the early 19th century - including the Thames Tunnel, the Great Western Railway, and the Great Eastern steamship (for 40 years the world's largest steamship). Various styles of animation are used to depict events in his colorful life.
Richard Briers
as Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Harry Fowler
as
Barbara Moore
as
Angus Lennie
as
Peter Hawkins
as
Dick Graham
as
Imogen Claire
as
Cyril Shaps
as
CinemaSerf
Two men are painting a battleship and the older is regaling the younger with the achievements of the engineering genius that was Isambard Kingdom Brunel. I could have sworn it was the voice of Angus Lennie (remember "Ives" from the Great Escape - 1963) and sure enough it is! Anyway, using a comibina...