Krakatit

5.8/10 from 6 votes

Director: Otakar Vávra

Date of release: 01 Jan 1948

Description

Based on the novel by Karel Capek, the prominent Czech writer of the early 20th century who coined the word robot for his play R.U.R., the story revolves around a discovery of Krakatit - a powerful explosive - by Prokop, an experimental scientist who, following an accidental explosion in his lab, slips in and out of delirium. When he realises that, in a delirious period, he has given the formula for making Krakatit to one of his colleagues, he tries to find the man, who does not realize how dangerous a thing Krakatit is. In the process, he nearly gives his discovery away again to foreign interests, a group of anarchists, and even greater forces of darkness...

Extra

Runtime	110 minute
Producer	Ceskoslovensky Statni Film (Vyrobina Skupina Vavra-Feix)
Language	Český
Themes	scientist seductress fictional country nuclear explosive dreamlike recurring fever stolen formula terrorist underground
Actors	Eduard Linkers Karel Höger Jiri Plachy Bohuš Hradil František Smolík Florence Marly Karel Dostal Bedřich Vrbský František Vnouček Miroslav Homola Jirina Petrovická Vlasta Fabiánová Jaroslav Zrotal Nataša Tanská