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Krakatit

Krakatit

1948Movie⏱️ 1h 37m
DramaMysterySci-FiThriller
7.3
IMDB Rating
548 votes

After an accidental explosion in the lab, its inventor slips in and out of dream-like hallucinations, realizing that he had given the formula to one of his colleagues, who he tries to stop before it is too late.

Director
Otakar Vávra
Writers
Karel Capek, Otakar Vávra, Jaroslav Vávra
Stars
Karel Höger, Florence Marly, Eduard Linkers
Release Date
April 28, 1951
Language
Czech
Country
Czechoslovakia
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Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Karel Höger
Karel Höger
as Prokop
Florence Marly
Florence Marly
as Princess Wilhelmina Hagen
Eduard Linkers
Eduard Linkers
as Carson
Jirí Plachý
Jirí Plachý
as D'Hemon (Daimon)
Natasa Tanská
Natasa Tanská
as Anci Tomes
Frantisek Smolík
Frantisek Smolík
as Dr. Tomes
Miroslav Homola
Miroslav Homola
as Jiri Tomes
Vlasta Fabiánová
Vlasta Fabiánová
as The Veiled Woman
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Jaroslav Prucha
as Old Mail Carrier
Jirina Petrovická
Jirina Petrovická
as The Nurse (framing sequences)

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Sound
Mono
Color
Black and White
Production
Ceskoslovenská Filmová Spolecnost

🏷️ Keywords

euro noirczech scientistczech science fictionscientific discoveryscience gone wrong

🎯 Categories

DramaMysterySci-FiThriller

⭐ Featured Review

Now the world is gone - I'm just one.
by jamesjustice-922024-01-23
8/10

"This is my first dive into Czechoslovakian cinema and boy what a spectacle it was! Krakatit arrived a little after the first testing of an atomic bomb and, riding that wave of terror, horror and fear while it's new, Otakar Vávra put out his version of a substance so destructive it could blow up the whole world all by itself, that's how powerful this is. Of course it all is far from being authentic or scientific and serves more as a hyperbolization of a possible end if the people won't stop experimenting with explosives in their labs but is nonetheless scary and makes you very a..."

💡 Did You Know?

The Czech born Florence Marly's only Czech film.

📖 Synopsis

After an accidental explosion in the lab, its inventor slips in and out of dream-like hallucinations, realizing that he had given the formula to one of his colleagues, who he tries to stop before it is too late.