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Title Krakatit
Production Date 1948
Country of Production Czechoslovakia
Duration 01:39:44
Production Company Czechoslovak State Film
Film Subject Era 1954-1975
Genre Drama
Summary A fantasy exploring the misuse of power and futility of war, based on the novel by Karel Capek.
Subjects Nuclear weapons; Hospitals; Health and medicine; Science; Experiments; Medical practitioners; Laboratory tests; Psychology; Weapons; Commerce; Wars; Technology; Death
Director Vávra, Otakar
Cast
Cast member:
Höger, Karel, Marly, Florence, Plachý, Jiří, Smolík, Frantisek, Linkers, Eduard, Prucha, Jaroslav, Tanska, Natasa, Fabianová, Vlasta, Dostal, Karel, Vrbsky, Bedrich, Homola, Miroslav, Vnouček, František, Hradil, Bohus

Contributors
Production Manager:
Šmída, Bohumil

Production:
Vávra, Otakar, Feix, Karel

Adaptation:
Vávra, Otakar

Story:
Capek, Karel

Photography:
Hanuš, Václav

Editor:
Zelenka, Antonin

Sound:
Polednik, Emil

Music:
Srnka, Jiri

Orchestra:
Czechoslovak Film Symphony Orchestra

Conductor:
Parik, Otakar

Sets:
Zazvorka, Jan

Places Prague; Czechoslovakia
Fiction/Non Fiction Fiction
Sound Sound
Colour Format Black and White
Film Format 16mm Comb BW pos
Language Czech (Dialogue); English (Subtitles)
Module Wars & Revolutions
BFI Identifier N-507347
Copyright The British Film Institute