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Krakatit (1948)

19481h 42mdir. Otakar VávraCzechCzechoslovakiascience fiction filmdrama film

With Karel Höger, Florence Marly, František Smolík, Nataša Tanská, Miroslav Homola, Jaroslav Průcha, Jiří Plachý, Eduard Linkers

Directed by Otakar Vávra

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Krakatit is a 1948 Czechoslovak science fiction mystery film directed by Otakar Vávra, starring Karel Höger as a chemist who experiences delirium and regret after inventing a powerful explosive. The film is based on Karel Čapek's novel with the same title, written in 1922. The name is derived from the volcano Krakatoa, which violently erupted in 1883.

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