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In Czechoslovakia, in the early 20th century, a seriously ill chemist recalls how he discovered a powerful explosive and how it ended up in the hands of anarchists.
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Audiences 72GoodWatch 69
IMDb7.2
Running time
1 h 38 min
A typical length for dramas, −11 min on the typical 109
typical 10998Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 3 countries
Released
1948
April 9, 1948
78 years ago
Genres
DramaThrillerScience FictionLanguage
Czech
Original language
Made in
XC
and 11 more14 people
- Karel HögerProkop
- Florence MarlyPrincess Wilhelmina Hagen
- Jiří PlachýD'Hemon
- Nataša TanskáAnna Tomes
- František SmolíkDr. Tomeš
- Miroslav HomolaJiří Tomeš
- Eduard LinkersCarson
- Vlasta FabianováThe Woman with the Veil
Bedřich VrbskýBaron Rohn
Karel DostalProfessor in Dream
Bohuš HradilHolz
František VnoučekAgitational Orator
Jiřina PetrovickáThe Nurse
Jaroslav ZrotalThe Doctor
Directing · 4
- Otakar Vávra Director, Screenplay, Creative Producer
- Jindřich Polák Assistant Director
- František Milič Assistant Director
- Věra Ženíšková Script Supervisor
Writing · 2
- Jaroslav R. Vávra Screenplay
- Karel Čapek Novel
Production · 5
- Karel Feix Executive Producer
- Bohumil Šmída Production Manager
- Jiří Pokorný Unit Manager
- Fr. Švehla Accountant
- Miroslav Šimonek Unit Manager
Camera · 3
- Václav Hanuš Director of Photography
- Rudolf Stahl Assistant Camera
- Felix Leibl Assistant Camera
Editing · 1
- Antonín Zelenka Editor
Sound · 3
- Jiří Srnka Original Music Composer
- Otakar Pařík Conductor
- Emil Poledník Sound
Art · 3
- Jan Zázvorka Production Design
- František Rieger Set Decoration
- Jiří Kollinger Assistant Production Design
Costume & Make-Up · 8
- Václav Kamarád Makeup Artist
- Oldřich Mach Makeup Artist
- Ladislav Tomek Costumer
- Štěpán Dušánek Costumer
- J. Janda Makeup & Hair
- Bohuslava Havrdová Costumer
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