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Krakatoa, East of Java

1969 · 131 min

A slow-burning, old-fashioned adventure that mixes salvage-dive tension with volcanic spectacle and earnest melodrama.

Genres
Action, Adventure, Drama
Overview
A team of maritime salvage workers are about to embark on a recovery dive. However the 1883 Krakatoa Volcano eruption provides more pressing problems.

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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • survival
  • grief
  • redemption
  • guilt
  • family
Places
  • sea
  • small town
  • wilderness
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror3
Humour2
Realism6
Romance4
Tension6
Darkness5
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Genres
action, adventure, drama, thriller
Directed by
Bernard L. Kowalski
Written by
Bernard Gordon, Cliff Gould
Starring
Maximilian Schell, Diane Baker, Barbara Werle, Brian Keith, Sal Mineo, Rossano Brazzi, John Leyton, J.D. Cannon
Music
Frank De Vol
Cinematography
Manuel Berenguer
Runtime
131 min
Country
Italy, United States of America
Languages
English

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