{"product_id":"krakatit-4k-uhd-blu-ray-combo","title":"Krakatit (4K UHD\/BLU-RAY Combo) Pre-Order Deadline February 17\/26 Coming to Our Shelves July 2026","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zlax1HlX6ig?si=J_hccOoxdO6TEO4u\" title=\"YouTube video player\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Long wandering,” a voice whispers in the brain of a man staggering along a misty riverbank, the night as fog-shrouded as his shattered mind.  Czech director Otakar Vávra’s astonishing KRAKATIT is a literal fever dream of a movie that mixes 1940s Film Noir, paranoid thriller and speculative atomic-bomb Sci-Fi in the story of a chemist named Prokop who hallucinates fragments of how he's invented a proto-nuclear weapon -- and the mystery of what's happened to the formula for it.  The film has overtones of Rudolph Maté's classic Noir D.O.A. (seriously-ill man racing against the clock), 1940s Orson Welles films like THE STRANGER and THE LADY FROM SHANGHAI (stunning deep-focus B\u0026amp;W photography, atmosphere of surreal paranoia), and Hitchcock's SPELLBOUND (distorted dream sequences).  Karel Höger delivers an unforgettable performance in the lead, grasping at his own memories like a walking ghost.  Based on a 1924 novel by famed sci-fi author Karel Čapek (who invented the word “robot” in his play R.U.R.), the film’s unique structure of memories within memories within flashbacks are like Russian nesting dolls -- all shot by DOP Václav Hanuš in some of the most remarkable B\u0026amp;W images since NIGHT OF THE HUNTER.  Long wandering, indeed.  Deaf Crocodile is thrilled to present the first-ever 4K UHD + Blu-ray release for this overlooked classic of Czech cinema and World Noir, beautifully restored in 4K by the Národní filmový archiv (NFA) in Prague and co-presented with the Comeback Company.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"mcePastedContent\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSpecial Features\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNew video interview on the film’s restoration with archivist Tereza Frodlová of the Národní\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003efilmový archiv, Prague.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNew commentary by film historian Peter Hames and Czech film expert Irena Kovarova of\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eComeback Company\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNew visual essay by film historian Clayton Dillard.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNew artwork by Beth Morris\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Deaf Crocodile","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44903147503816,"sku":"DC-050CD-R","price":39.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/8486\/3688\/files\/krakatit4k.jpg?v=1768528590","url":"https:\/\/videomatica.com\/es\/products\/krakatit-4k-uhd-blu-ray-combo","provider":"Videomatica Ltd (since 1983)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}