Krakatit (1948)
Science Fiction, Thriller, Mystery • 1h 50m
Overview
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.
Director: Otakar Vávra
Cast: Karel Höger, Florence Marly, Jiří Plachý, Nataša Tanská, František Smolík, Miroslav Homola, Eduard Linkers, Vlasta Fabianová, Jaroslav Průcha, Bedřich Vrbský, Karel Dostal, Bohuš Hradil, František Vnouček, Vítězslav Boček, Jiřina Petrovická, Jaroslav Zrotal, Zvonimir Rogoz, Antonín Jirsa, Magda Kopřivová, Zdeněk Hodr, František Marek, Anna Gabrielová, Filip Balek-Brodský, Ema Hrubá, Ema Kreutzerová, Ann Sortreed, Margarette Previtali, Stojanka Mustafova, Tsiao-Jeh, Margaret Amakof, Čebeh Čančinov, Di Lazari, Di Manignati, Růžena Mazalová
Director: Frank Capra
Director: Frank Capra
France Rimini 4K Blu-ray see caps vs Artificial Eye Blu-ray
France Rimini 4K Blu-ray see caps vs Artificial Eye Blu-ray
Directors: Alberto Cavalcanti & Charles Crichton & Basil Dearden & Robert Hamer
Directors: Alberto Cavalcanti & Charles Crichton & Basil Dearden & Robert Hamer
Director: Robert Rossen
Director: Robert Rossen
Director: Anthony Mann
Director: Anthony Mann
Director: Jacques Becker
Director: Jacques Becker
Director: Basil Dearden
Indicator 4K Blu-ray. Excellent 4K master and encode, except for opticals grain is very fine, grading is beautifully silvery and luminous, nice HDR re-grade by Fidelity in Motion
Director: Basil Dearden
Indicator 4K Blu-ray. Excellent 4K master and encode, except for opticals grain is very fine, grading is beautifully silvery and luminous, nice HDR re-grade by Fidelity in Motion
Director: George Stevens
Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray has unusually strong encode but only a minimal upgrade over the excellent Eureka Blu-ray
Director: George Stevens
Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray has unusually strong encode but only a minimal upgrade over the excellent Eureka Blu-ray
Stereo: Deaf Crocodile 4K Blu-ray
5.1: Budapest Film PAL DVD
Stereo: Deaf Crocodile 4K Blu-ray
5.1: Budapest Film PAL DVD
Director: Yuri Norstein
Deaf Crocodile Treasures of Soviet Animation Vol 3 - The Short Films of Yuri Nostein Blu-ray
Deaf Crocodile Treasures of Soviet Animation Vol 3 - The Short Films of Yuri Nostein Blu-ray
Deaf Crocodile Treasures of Soviet Animation Vol 3 - The Short Films of Yuri Nostein Blu-ray
Director: Yuri Norstein
Deaf Crocodile Treasures of Soviet Animation Vol 3 - The Short Films of Yuri Nostein Blu-ray
Deaf Crocodile Treasures of Soviet Animation Vol 3 - The Short Films of Yuri Nostein Blu-ray
Deaf Crocodile Treasures of Soviet Animation Vol 3 - The Short Films of Yuri Nostein Blu-ray
Director: Michael Schaack
Deaf Crocodile US 4K Blu-ray. caps by cinemaniac
Director: Michael Schaack
Deaf Crocodile US 4K Blu-ray. caps by cinemaniac
Eureka's Strange New Worlds: Science Fiction at DEFA Blu-ray is AI upscaled: https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?p=23150714#post23150714
Eureka's Strange New Worlds: Science Fiction at DEFA Blu-ray is AI upscaled: https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?p=23150714#post23150714
Director: Karen Shakhnazarov
Director: Karen Shakhnazarov
More Science Fiction on Blu-ray
Director: James Cameron
Disney 4K Blu-ray's artificial smoothening of facial textures making actors look unnatural, grain reduction and other changes to make the film look less like a product of its time
Old WEB-DL or HDTV rip for non AI version
Director: James Cameron
Disney 4K Blu-ray's artificial smoothening of facial textures making actors look unnatural, grain reduction and other changes to make the film look less like a product of its time
Old WEB-DL or HDTV rip for non AI version
Director: Peter Medak
Imprint 4K Blu-ray scheduled for August 2026 release
Director: Peter Medak
Imprint 4K Blu-ray scheduled for August 2026 release
Director: Roger Donaldson
88 Films & Scream Factory 4K Blu-ray
Imprint 4K Blu-ray scheduled for August 2026 release
88 Films tied with Scream Factory 4K Blu-ray (88 Films is FiM encoded)
88 Films and Scream Factory have exclusive extras
Director: Roger Donaldson
88 Films & Scream Factory 4K Blu-ray
Imprint 4K Blu-ray scheduled for August 2026 release
88 Films tied with Scream Factory 4K Blu-ray (88 Films is FiM encoded)
88 Films and Scream Factory have exclusive extras
Director: Gordon Douglas
Director: Gordon Douglas
Arrow 4K Blu-ray see caps
Info: Arrow 4K Blu-ray is scanned from interpositive film, thus having a softer than the first title.
Original: Arrow 4K Blu-ray vs New Line LaserDisc
Arrow 4K Blu-ray see caps
Info: Arrow 4K Blu-ray is scanned from interpositive film, thus having a softer than the first title.
Original: Arrow 4K Blu-ray vs New Line LaserDisc
Arrow 4K Blu-ray see caps
Dolby Stereo: Arrow 4K Blu-ray or New Line LaserDisc for line absent on VHS, DVD, and Blu-ray releases
Info: Arrow 4K Blu-ray is scanned from interpositive film, thus having a softer than the first title.
Arrow 4K Blu-ray see caps
Dolby Stereo: Arrow 4K Blu-ray or New Line LaserDisc for line absent on VHS, DVD, and Blu-ray releases
Info: Arrow 4K Blu-ray is scanned from interpositive film, thus having a softer than the first title.
Director: John Woo
Director: John Woo
Director: John Badham
Director: John Badham
Director: John Carpenter
Fabulous Films 4K Blu-ray, some caps
Director: John Carpenter
Fabulous Films 4K Blu-ray, some caps
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Best Audio Release
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Restored: Deaf Crocodile 4K Blu-ray
Unrestored: Czech PAL DVD
Preferences will vary, the restored track sounds good, but not necessarily faithful to the original elements.
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Restored: Deaf Crocodile 4K Blu-ray
Unrestored: Czech PAL DVD
Preferences will vary, the restored track sounds good, but not necessarily faithful to the original elements.
2/22/2026
Best Video Release
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Deaf Crocodile 4K Blu-ray see nic review
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Deaf Crocodile 4K Blu-ray see nic review
2/22/2026
Format
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UHD Blu-ray
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UHD Blu-ray
Blu-ray.com
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