Krakatit

Krakatit

1948110 min6.5 / 10

A feverish, morally fraught meditation on scientific responsibility and the corruption of knowledge, told through fragmented memory and dreamlike unease.

In early 20th century Czechoslovakia, a gravely ill chemist recalls his discovery of a powerful explosive and how it landed in the hands of anarchists.

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