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Krakatit
Release Date: April 09, 1948
Year | : | 1948 |
Slogan | : | «» |
Genres | : | Science Fiction, Drama |
Production Companies | : | Československá filmová společnost |
Director | : | Otakar Vávra |
Producers | : | Bohumil Šmída, Jiří Pokorný, Karel Feix, Miroslav Šimonek, Fr. Švehla |
Writers | : | Otakar Vávra, Otakar Vávra, Karel Čapek, Jaroslav R. Vávra |
RunTime | : | 110 mins. |
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...
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