Overview
A remake of Vávra's 1948 atomic age thriller Krakatit. Engineer Prokop creates the devastating explosive “Krakatit” and soon confronts manipulative agents and imperialist conspiracies. Realizing his invention’s threat, he fights to prevent its misuse, risking everything to stop those who seek to exploit his epochal discovery.
Fun facts
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Music
Music by Martin Kratochvíl
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Miroslav Ondříček, Zdeněk Prchlík and Josef Illík
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Karel ČapekNovel
- Otakar VávraScreenplay
- Jiří ŠotolaScreenplay
- Original title
- Temné slunce
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- September 19, 1980
- Original language
- Czech
- Countries
- Czechoslovakia
Production
Cast
Radoslav BrzobohatýProkop
Rudolf HrušínskýCarson
Magda VášáryováKris
Jerzy KamasDai Mon
Luděk MunzarTomeš- Nóra NémethYoung Terrorist
Jozef AdamovičDan
Vladimír ŠmeralTomeš
Günter NaumannHolz
András BálintTerrorist Leader
Lenka PichlíkováAnči
Szabó SándorUncle James- Jaroslav Radimecký
Vasili LanovoyProfessor Obermeier
Ota SklenčkaProfesor- Heinrich SchrammColonel
- Milan Riehs
- Eliška Sirová
Jana BřežkováTerrorist- Lenka Machoninová
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