Directed by:
Otakar VávraCinematography:
Václav HanušComposer:
Jiří SrnkaCast:
Karel Höger, Florence Marly, František Smolík, Nataša Tanská, Miroslav Homola, Jaroslav Průcha, Jiří Plachý st., Eduard Linkers, Bedřich Vrbský, Karel Dostal (more)Plots(1)
A film adaptation of Čapek's utopian novel, conceptualised by director Vávra as a hallucinatory feverish dream of a genius scientist, who invented an explosive able to destroy the whole world. The suggestive tone of this anti-war drama is accentuated by its visual studio stylisation and the special effects that are quite convincing for its time. (Summer Film School)
(more)Cast
![Karel Höger](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268633_4951bd.jpg)
Karel Höger
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Malér (1965) (TV movie)
Půlpenny (1974) (TV movie)
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen (1961)
![Florence Marly](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/276/276263_cc6ca6.jpg)
Florence Marly
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Krakatit (1948)
Les Maudits (1947)
Games (1967)
![František Smolík](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270440_1d0546.jpg)
František Smolík
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Higher Principle (1960)
School Is the Foundation of Life (1938)
Today for the Last Time (1958)
![Nataša Tanská](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/056/165056066_3713be.png)
Nataša Tanská
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Krakatit (1948)
Grandmother (1940)
Preludium (1941)
![Miroslav Homola](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272359_1aa34a.jpg)
Miroslav Homola
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
Joachim, Put It in the Machine (1974)
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen (1961)
![Jaroslav Průcha](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274347_721b6a.jpg)
Jaroslav Průcha
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
![Jiří Plachý st.](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271370_584b39.jpg)
Jiří Plachý st.
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Emperor's Baker - The Baker's Emperor (1951)
Krakatit (1948)
Distant Journey (1948)
![Eduard Linkers](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273688_3844b8.jpg)
Eduard Linkers
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Krakatit (1948)
Steppenwolf (1974)
Mr. Arkadin (1955)
![Bedřich Vrbský](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274361_0c7289.jpg)
Bedřich Vrbský
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
I Dutifully Report (1957)
Krakatit (1948)
![Karel Dostal](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/275/275334_70a7af.jpg)
Karel Dostal
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Nebe a dudy (1941)
The Blue Star Hotel (1941)
The White Disease (1937)
![Vlasta Fabianová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268309_156668.jpg)
Vlasta Fabianová
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Kočičí hra (1982) (theatrical recording)
Krakatit (1948)
Crime at the Zlenice Castle (1971) (TV movie)
![Bohuš Hradil](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274311_459844.jpg)
Bohuš Hradil
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
![František Vnouček](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274562_71bd7a.jpg)
František Vnouček
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Journey into the Depth of the Student's Soul (1939)
I Dutifully Report (1957)
Krakatit (1948)
![Vítězslav Boček](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274277_bd9464.jpg)
Vítězslav Boček
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The White Disease (1937)
Krakatit (1948)
Happy Journey (1943)
![Jiřina Petrovická](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/275/275097_9a7d05.jpg)
Jiřina Petrovická
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Hrdinové okamžiku (1961) (series)
Krakatit (1948)
Zadržitelný vzestup Arthura Uie (1979) (theatrical recording)
![Jaroslav Zrotal](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274498_ca2e39.jpg)
Jaroslav Zrotal
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Krakatit (1948)
Capek's Tales (1947)
Alena (1947)
![Zvonimir Rogoz](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/275/275589_1b6dad.jpg)
Zvonimir Rogoz
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Journey into the Depth of the Student's Soul (1939)
Krakatit (1948)
The Guild of Kutna Hora Virgins (1938)
![Antonín Jirsa](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/275/275603_f68d96.jpg)
Antonín Jirsa
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
![Magda Kopřivová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/275/275934_60964f.jpg)
Magda Kopřivová
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Emperor's Baker - The Baker's Emperor (1951)
Krakatit (1948)
Past (1950)
![Zdeněk Hodr](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268691_1a242e.jpg)
Zdeněk Hodr
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Witchhammer (1969)
Mnoho povyku pro nic (1972) (theatrical recording)
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen (1961)