Krakatit (film)
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| Directed by | Otakar Vávra |
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| Based on | Krakatit by Karel Čapek |
| Produced by | Otakar Vávra |
| Starring | Karel Höger |
| Cinematography | Václav Hanuš |
| Edited by | Antonín Zelenka |
| Music by | Jiří Srnka |
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Running time | 110 minutes |
| Country | Czechoslovakia |
| Language | Czech |
Krakatit is a 1948 Czechoslovak science fiction mystery film directed by Otakar Vávra, starring Karel Höger as a chemist who suffers from 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.