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Krakatoa, East of Java is a american film of genre Drama directed by Bernard L. Kowalski released in USA on 14 may 1969 with Maximilian Schell

Krakatoa, East of Java (1968)

Krakatoa: East of Java

Krakatoa, East of Java
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Released in USA 14 may 1969
Length 2h11
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Thriller,    Action,    Adventure
Rating54% 2.706282.706282.706282.706282.70628

Krakatoa, East of Java is a 1969 American disaster film starring Maximilian Schell and Brian Keith. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects. 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. The characters are engaged in the recovery of a cargo of pearls from a shipwreck perilously close to the volcano.

Synopsis

In 1883, the volcano on the island of Krakatoa in the Netherlands East Indies begins to erupt, terrorizing the children at a mission school in Palembang on nearby Sumatra. Meanwhile, across the Sunda Strait at her home port of Anjer on the west coast of Java, the steamer Batavia Queen, under the command of Captain Chris Hanson (Maximilian Schell), takes aboard passengers and cargo, including a diving bell and a balloon. Among the passengers coming aboard are Douglas Rigby (John Leyton), the designer, owner, and operator of the diving bell; Giovanni Borghese (Rossano Brazzi) and his son Leoncavallo (Sal Mineo), who own and operate the balloon as "The Flying Borgheses;" Harry Connerly (Brian Keith), a diver; Connerly‍ '​s mistress Charley Adams (Barbara Werle), who is a professional soprano and former saloon hostess; four female Japanese pearl divers led by Toshi (Jacqui Chan); and Laura Travis (Diane Baker), a married woman who had an extramarital affair with Hanson in Batavia.

Actors

Maximilian Schell

(Captain Chris Hanson)
Diane Baker

(Laura Travers)
Brian Keith

(Connerly)
Barbara Werle

(Charley Adams)
Sal Mineo

(Leoncavallo Borghese)
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