Krakatit

Krakatit

110 mins | Drama, Science Fiction | April 9, 1948

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...

Krakatit

110 mins | Drama, Science Fiction | April 9, 1948

Krakatit
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...
IMDb rating 7.3
Producers
Original title Krakatit
Directors František Milič, Jindřich Polák, Otakar Vávra
Writers Jaroslav R. Vávra, Karel Čapek, Otakar Vávra

Cast

Karel Höger

as Prokop

Florence Marly

as Princess Wilhelmina Hagen

František Smolík

as Dr. Tomeš

Nataša Tanská

as Anna Tomes

Miroslav Homola

as Jiří Tomeš

Jiří Plachý

as D'Hemon

Eduard Linkers

as Carson

Bedřich Vrbský

as Baron Rohn

Karel Dostal

as Professor in Dream

Vlasta Fabianová

as The Woman with the Veil

Bohuš Hradil

as Holz

František Vnouček

as Agitational Orator

Jiřina Petrovická

as The Nurse

Jaroslav Zrotal

as The Doctor