---
title: 'Krakatit (1948)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Otakar Vávra'
released: '1948-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 97
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Science Fiction'
countries:
  - 'Czechoslovakia'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/krakatit-1948'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039539/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Krakatit (1948)

1948 · 97 min · Drama, Science Fiction · Czechoslovakia


## Synopsis

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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Otakar Vávra](https://cinepixo.com/people/otakar-vavra)
- **Screenplay:** [Otakar Vávra](https://cinepixo.com/people/otakar-vavra), [Jaroslav Raimund Vávra](https://cinepixo.com/people/jaroslav-raimund-vavra)
- **Producer:** [Otakar Vávra](https://cinepixo.com/people/otakar-vavra)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Jiří Srnka](https://cinepixo.com/people/jiri-srnka)
- **Director of Photography:** [Václav Hanuš](https://cinepixo.com/people/vaclav-hanus)
- **Editor:** [Antonín Zelenka](https://cinepixo.com/people/antonin-zelenka)

## Cast

- [Miroslav Homola](https://cinepixo.com/people/miroslav-homola)
- [Čebeh Čančinov](https://cinepixo.com/people/cebeh-cancinov)
- [Margaret Amakof](https://cinepixo.com/people/margaret-amakof)
- [František Marek](https://cinepixo.com/people/frantisek-marek)
- [Ema Kreutzerová](https://cinepixo.com/people/ema-kreutzerova)
- [Zdeněk Hodr](https://cinepixo.com/people/zdenek-hodr)
- [Zvonimir Rogoz](https://cinepixo.com/people/zvonimir-rogoz)
- [Nataša Tanská](https://cinepixo.com/people/natasa-tanska)
- [Jaroslav Zrotal](https://cinepixo.com/people/jaroslav-zrotal)
- [Vítězslav Boček](https://cinepixo.com/people/vitezslav-bocek)
- [Filip Balek-Brodský](https://cinepixo.com/people/filip-balek-brodsky)
- [Bedřich Vrbský](https://cinepixo.com/people/bedrich-vrbsky)
- [Karel Dostal](https://cinepixo.com/people/karel-dostal)
- [Jiří Plachý](https://cinepixo.com/people/jiri-plachy-2)
- [Florence Marly](https://cinepixo.com/people/florence-marly)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/krakatit-1948
Film facts: Wikidata (Q6435916); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.