Overview
In Czechoslovakia, in the early 20th century, a seriously ill chemist recalls how he discovered a powerful explosive and how it ended up in the hands of anarchists.
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Music
Music by Jiří Srnka
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Václav Hanuš
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Jaroslav R. VávraScreenplay
- Karel ČapekNovel
- Otakar VávraScreenplay
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- April 9, 1948
- Original language
- Czech
- Countries
- Czechoslovakia
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Cast
Karel HögerProkop
Florence MarlyPrincess Wilhelmina Hagen
Jiří PlachýD'Hemon
Nataša TanskáAnna Tomes
František SmolíkDr. Tomeš
Miroslav HomolaJiří Tomeš
Eduard LinkersCarson
Vlasta FabianováThe Woman with the Veil
Jaroslav Průcha
Bedřich VrbskýBaron Rohn
Karel DostalProfessor in Dream
Bohuš HradilHolz
František VnoučekAgitational Orator
Vítězslav Boček
Jiřina PetrovickáThe Nurse
Jaroslav ZrotalThe Doctor
Zvonimir Rogoz- Antonín Jirsa
Magda Kopřivová- Zdeněk Hodr
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