Summary
A remake of Vávra's 1948 atomic age thriller Krakatit. Engineer Prokop creates the devastating explosive “Krakatit” and soon confronts manipulative agents and imperialist conspiracies. Realizing his invention’s threat, he fights to prevent its misuse, risking everything to stop those who seek to exploit his epochal discovery.
Good for
- Friends night
- Thought-provoking
- Adults
Where to watch
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At a glance
Running time
2 h 15 min
Longer than 9 in 10 sci-fi movies, +36 min on the typical 99
typical 99135Half of all sci-fi movies run 90–112 min.
Reach
Streams in 1 country
Released
1980
September 19, 1980
46 years ago
Genres
Science FictionDramaLanguage
Czech
Original language
Made in
XC
Rated
No age rating yet.
What's in it
- ViolenceModerate
- Gore, disturbing imagesMild
- Frightening scenesMild
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesStrong
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
24 of 316
Radoslav BrzobohatýProkop
Rudolf HrušínskýCarson
Magda VášáryováKris
Jerzy KamasDai Mon
Luděk MunzarTomeš- NNNóra NémethYoung Terrorist
Jozef AdamovičDan
Vladimír ŠmeralTomeš
Günter NaumannHolz
András BálintTerrorist Leader
Lenka PichlíkováAnči
Szabó SándorUncle James
Vasili LanovoyProfessor Obermeier
Ota SklenčkaProfesor- HSHeinrich SchrammColonel
Jana BřežkováTerrorist- KCKarel ChromíkDetective
- EAEva AsterováDancer
- KFKateřina FrankováDancer
- MMMarie MarmazinskáDancer
- JKJan KlárDancer
- VKVladimír KloubekDancer
- LRLadislav RajnDancer
- MBMartina BártováProtester
Directing · 7
- Otakar Vávra Director, Screenplay
- Jaroslav Hykl Assistant Director
- Jitka Němcová First Assistant Director
- Josef Jarolímek Assistant Director
- Bohumila Potůčková Assistant Director
- Milan Kadlec First Assistant Director
Writing · 3
- Jiří Šotola Lyricist, Screenplay
- Karel Čapek Novel
- Karel Valtera Creative Producer
Production · 9
- Vladimír Vojta Production Manager
- Ivo Pitrák Unit Production Manager
- Vladimíra Kopecká Unit Production Manager
- Věra Lukášová Unit Production Manager
- Jan Syrový Production Manager
- Jaroslav Vlk Unit Production Manager
Camera · 8
- Miroslav Ondříček Director of Photography
- Josef Illík Director of Photography
- Vladimír Murat Assistant Camera
- Eduard Kadeřábek Assistant Camera
- Karel Ješátko Still Photographer
- Jiří Zavřel Assistant Camera
Editing · 3
- Miroslav Hájek Editor
- Helena Lehovcová Assistant Editor
- Magda Hájková Assistant Editor
Sound · 5
- Martin Kratochvíl Conductor, Original Music Composer
- Luboš Pospíšil Vocals
- Adolf Böhm Sound
- František Belfín Conductor
- Petr Kalandra Vocals
Art · 7
- Karel Lier Production Design
- Miroslav Hrachovec Production Design
- Karel Vaňásek Set Decoration
- Eva Slívová Set Decoration
- Vladimír Schejbal Set Decoration
- Libuše Jahodová Assistant Production Design
Costume & Make-Up · 6
- Jan Kropáček Costume Design
- Božena Došlá Makeup & Hair
- František Zapletal Costumer
- Miloslav Jandera Makeup & Hair
- Eva Vyplelová Makeup & Hair
- Božena Ulrichová Costumer
Other crew · 61
- Václav Šašek Dramaturgy
- Karel Engel Stunts
- Petr Drozda Stunts
- Pavel Šmok Choreographer
- Jaroslav Šanda Stunts
- Stanislav Benda Stunts
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