Krakatoa, East of Java (1968)

Directed by

Bernard L. Kowalski

Genre

drama film, adventure film, disaster film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 11m

Rated

G

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 41 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of people try to recover a cargo of pearls from a shipwreck near the volcano Krakatoa in 1883. The volcano erupts and the characters must survive the disaster.

adventuroustensevisually impressivesuspensefulhistoricalurgent

What happens

Krakatoa, East of Java is a 1968 American disaster film starring Maximilian Schell and Brian Keith. During the 1970s, the film was re-released under the title Volcano. The story is loosely based on events surrounding the 1883 eruption of the volcano on the island of Krakatoa, with the characters engaged in the recovery of a cargo of pearls from a shipwreck perilously close to the volcano. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Special Visual Effects. Krakatoa is actually due west of Java, but the movie's producers thought that "East" sounded more atmospheric. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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