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Krakatoa: The Last Days
British TV docudrama film directed by Sam Miller
| Krakatoa: The Last Days | |
|---|---|
Cover art of BBC DVD. | |
| Genre | Docudrama History Disaster |
| Written by | Colin Heber-Percy Michael Olmert Lyall B. Watson |
| Directed by | Sam Miller |
| Starring | Rupert Penry-Jones Olivia Williams Kevin McMonagle |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| Producers | Alan Eyres J. Gregory Smith |
| Cinematography | Giulio Biccari |
| Running time | 90 minutes |
| Budget | £2,, |
| Network | BBC One |
| Release | 7&#;May&#;&#;() |
Krakatoa: The Last Days (also titled Krakatoa: Volcano of Destruction in the U.S.
on the Discovery Channel) is a BBC Televisiondocudrama that premiered on 7 May on BBC One. The program is based upon four eyewitness accounts of the eruption of Krakatoa, an active stratovolcano between the islands of Sumatra and Java, present day Indonesia.
Production
The series was produced by the BBC in co-production with Discovery Channel, RTL Television, and France 2.
Ratings
The film was broadcast on BBC One on 7 May and drew million viewers (27% audience share)[1]
Synopsis
The eruption of Krakatoa is the second greatest volcanic eruption in recorded history (after the eruption of Mount Tambora, only 68 years earlier), erupting more than 18 cubic kilometres of tephra in less than 48 hours, and killing about 36, people.
Johanna beijerinck diary of a hollywood The eruption of Krakatoa is the second greatest volcanic eruption in recorded history (after the eruption of Mount Tambora, only 68 years earlier), erupting more than 18 cubic kilometres of tephra in less than 48 hours, and killing about 36, people.The film refers to an account in the Pustaka Raja of a previous violent eruption in that area.
A subplot concerning Rogier Verbeek (played by Kevin McMonagle), a Dutch geologist who had surveyed the area two years earlier and laid the basis for modern vulcanology with his research after the eruption, adds a scientific touch and a helpful map to the computer-generated imagery that convincingly portrays the ash cloud, collapse of the stratovolcano, pyroclastic flows, and tsunamis.
The eruption column collapsing sends a big pyroclastic flow over the Sunda Strait coast of film also portrays a family trying to escape the devastating volcano, and a ship with more than passengers trapped at sea when the final collapse of Krakatoa island at the end of the eruption generates a massive tsunami.
Cast
Historical inaccuracy
Just after Captain Lindeman leaves the cargo bay and heads to the ship's deck, one of the girls begins to sing a song to calm down the nervous passengers.
The song is "Płonie ognisko w lesie" ("Burning fireplace in the forest"), a popular Polish scout song. It was written in , 39 years after the Krakatoa eruption.[citation needed]