Czechoslovakia,
1948, 97 min
(Alternative: 106 min)
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)
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