Sci-fi drama
Dark Sun (1980): Cast
Dark Sun is a 1980 sci-fi drama directed by Otakar Vávra, starring Radoslav Brzobohatý as Prokop, Rudolf Hrušínský and Jan Pohan. It runs 2 hours 15 minutes.
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- Released
- Runtime
- 2h 15m (135 min)
- Director
- Otakar Vávra
- Original language
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Czech - Studio
- Filmové studio Barrandov
- After the credits
- No No extra scene
The story
What Is Dark Sun About?
The premise of Dark Sun without spoilers.
A remake of Vávra’s 1948 atomic‑age thriller Krakatit, the film follows engineer Prokop, who invents the lethal explosive ‘Krakatit’. As he becomes entangled with manipulative agents and imperialist conspiracies, he recognises the weapon’s catastrophic potential. Determined to stop its abuse, he risks everything to keep his epoch‑defining creation from falling into the wrong hands.
Dark Sun Themes & Keywords
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- based on novel
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Cast & crew
Dark Sun Cast & Characters
Radoslav Brzobohatý leads the cast as Prokop, with Rudolf Hrušínský as Carson and Jan Pohan as Holz (voice). Directed by Otakar Vávra; 354 actors are credited in all.
- Director Otakar Vávra
- Radoslav Brzobohatý as Prokop
- Rudolf Hrušínský as Carson
- Jan Pohan as Holz (voice)
- Jaroslav Tomsa
Also Starring in Dark Sun
· 350 more- Petr Jákl Soireé Guest / Playboy
- András Bálint Terrorist Leader
- Zdeněk Skalický Engagement Guest
- Petr Drozda Passenger / Protester
- Vasili Lanovoy Professor Obermeier
- Karel Engel
- Otakar Brousek Professor Obermeier (voice)
- Jerzy Kamas Dai Mon
- Jaroslav Vozáb Soireé Guest
- Jiří Klenot Passenger / Protester
- Zdeněk Srstka
- Ota Sklenčka Profesor
- Sándor Szabó Uncle James
- František Jákl Passenger
- Václav Vorlíček Pilot
- Jan Přeučil
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- Jiří Kraus Passenger / Protester
- Magda Vášáryová Kris
- Miroslav Jíra Passenger / Protester
- Jiří Holý Uncle James (voice)
- Luděk Munzar Tomeš
- Vladimír Šmeral Tomeš
- Jiří Bruder Colonel (voice)
- Frantisek Stupka Protester
- Eduard Cupák Dai Mon (voice)
- Jaroslav Šanda Protester
- Jaroslav Klenot
- Jana Břežková Terrorist
- Günter Naumann Holz
- Pavel Myslík Passenger / Protester
- Jiří Sládek Policeman
- Ladislav Lahoda
- Jan Kanyza Terrorist Leader (voice)
- Emma Černá
- Jindřich Sejk
- Jiří Kalenský Passenger
- Jiří Vach Passenger
- Vladimír Kratina
- Karel Vítek
- Zdeněk Hess Soireé Guest
- Jozef Adamovič Dan
- Milan Riehs
- Karel Chromík Detective
- Zbyněk Krákora Protester
- Antonín Kramerius Passenger / Protester
- Karel Novák Passenger
- Jana Vašíčková Soireé Guest / Model
- Miroslav Krejča
- Eva Asterová Dancer
- Jiří Kasík
- Stanislav Tůma Passenger
- Jan Váňa Passenger
- Olga Světelská Soireé Guest
- Lenka Pichlíková Anči
- Heinrich Schramm Colonel
- Zdeněk Kutil
- Libuše Kosová Passenger / Protester
- Gustav Jankovský Passenger
- František Linhart Passenger
- Vítězslav Bouchner Soireé Guest / Model
- Karel Bodnár Soireé Guest
- Václav Procházka Soireé Guest
- Rudolf Serina Engagement Guest
- Oldřich Semerák
- Kateřina Franková Dancer
- Jiří Fajt Protester
- Zdeněk Plavec Protester
- Zdeněk Šiška Protester
- Pavel Želízko Protester
- Stanislav Benda Passenger / Protester
- Josef Hrubý
- Vlasta Fialová Passenger
- Květuše Zemanová Passenger
- Vladimír Čumpelík Passenger
- Marta Kaňovská Soireé Guest / Model
- Pavel Ruta Soireé Guest / Model
- Miroslav Walter Soireé Guest / Model
- Josef Drbohlav Soireé Guest
- Věra Králová Passenger
- Petr Kosek Soireé Guest / Model
- Petr Sedláček
- Jan Neumann Passenger
- Jitka Havlíčková Passenger
- Jaroslav Radimecký
- Markéta Fišerová
- Beata Znaková
- Jan Klár Dancer
- Vladimír Kloubek Dancer
- Josef Hejzlar Protester
- Petr Klír Protester
- Pavel Kunáček Protester
- Lenka Lajčíková Protester
- Stanislav Sedlařík Protester
- Karel Vítek ml. Protester
- Rudolf Dvořák Passenger
- Ladislav Sýkora Passenger
- Josef Pech Passenger
- Jarmila Gybasová Passenger
- Zdeněk Lhoták Passenger
- M. Černá Passenger
- Karel Červinka Soireé Guest / Model
- Jana Drastíková Soireé Guest / Model
- Jiří Hasík Soireé Guest / Model
- Marie Kadeřábková Soireé Guest / Model
- Vratislav Marek Soireé Guest / Model
- Renée Slováčková Soireé Guest / Model
- Růžena Vyskočilová Soireé Guest / Model
- Blanka Zelinková Soireé Guest / Model
- Pavel Grégr Soireé Guest
- Tomáš Jančařík Soireé Guest
- Naďa Krucká Soireé Guest
- Karel Šanda Soireé Guest
- Zdeněk Vondruška Soireé Guest
- Alexander Voronovský Soireé Guest
- Petr Zámostný Soireé Guest
- Simona Chytrová
- Alexej Okuněv
- František Pokorný
- Jiří Klem
- Markéta Sodomková
- Petr Sedlák
- Václav Brtna
- Nóra Németh Young Terrorist
- Eliška Sirová
- Lenka Machoninová
- Karel Urbánek
- Marie Marmazinská Dancer
- Ladislav Rajn Dancer
- Martina Bártová Protester
- Lucie Horáková Protester
- Světlana Hovorková Protester
- Dalibor Jindříšek Protester
- Ludmila Kellerová Protester
- Jana Koliášová Protester
- Miroslav Lahoda Protester
- Kateřina Milerová Protester
- Eva Pavelková Protester
- Jana Pipková Protester
- Věra Starečková Protester
- Iva Špačková Protester
- Pavel Valenta Protester
- Blanka Vykydalová Protester
- Antonín Albrecht Pilot
- Bohumil Jindra Pilot
- Josef Kločianka Pilot
- Miloslav Kubrycht Pilot
- Tibor Nosian Pilot
- Josef Píša Pilot
- Jaroslav Slováček Pilot
- Iva Dobrovská Flight Attendant
- Miluše Marečková Flight Attendant
- Ivana Petrová Flight Attendant
- Zohair Ajlooni Minister
- Ibrahim Hassan Al-Saadi Minister
- Issa Hamdan Minister
- Mekonnen Jemaneh Minister
- Bitar Karam Minister
- Josef Khatas Minister
- Hassan Khouder Minister
- Alkharif Mohamed Minister
- Mari Saleh Minister
- Abdul Sattar Al-Rihaní Minister
- E. Jahjagamal Airport Employee
- P. Murad Minister
- Zdeněk Havlík Passenger / Protester
- Miroslav Kotek Passenger / Protester
- Václav Bartoň Passenger
- Zdeněk Beneš Passenger
- Jiří Beran Passenger
- Zdeněk Brejcha Passenger
- Josef Černák Passenger
- Miroslav Herbrich Passenger
- Ladislav Ježek Passenger
- Antonín Korinta Passenger
- Václav Krump Passenger
- Stanislav Mácha Passenger
- Petr Schejbal Passenger
- Josef Slabý Passenger
- Zdeněk Šimek Passenger
- Miroslav Vaněk Passenger
- Gustav Wiedermann Passenger
- Drahoslava Brejchová Passenger
- Ivana Havlasová Passenger
- Drahuše Reková Passenger
- Zuzana Sýkorová Passenger
- Petr Havránek Passenger
- Petr Nebehay Passenger
- Jiří Velínský Passenger
- Halina Adámková Passenger
- Ilona Beranová Passenger
- Renáta Honová Passenger
- Olga Hubatková Passenger
- Věra Jelínková Passenger
- Štěpánka Karpíšková Passenger
- Ivana Korbelová Passenger
- Alena Lhotová Passenger
- Karla Pejmlová Passenger
- Alena Švarcová Passenger
- Blanka Vrbová Passenger
- Petr Fanta Passenger
- Štěpán Farkaš Passenger
- Aleš Fillo Passenger
- Jaromír Kasal Passenger
- Antonín Kolář Passenger
- Marek Lukáš Passenger
- Petr Lukáš Passenger
- Jiří Pytel Passenger
- Karel Slánský Passenger
- Jan Šmolík Passenger
- Věra Černíková Passenger
- Anna Dítětová Passenger
- Jarmila Elišková Passenger
- Jana Jindrová Passenger
- Libuše Kolínská Passenger
- Věra Menclová Passenger
- Jarmila Ouředníková Passenger
- Jarmila Pekárková Passenger
- Jarmila Svobodová Passenger
- Libuše Tesárková Passenger
- Helena Topinková Passenger
- Miluška Višňáková Passenger
- Ludmila Volková Passenger
- Lev Červený Passenger
- Jan Dubec Passenger
- Antonín Gája Passenger
- Jaroslav Konvička Passenger
- Jaroslav Ledvina Passenger
- Ladislav Lenner Passenger
- Karel Krajský Passenger
- Jaroslav Ouředník Passenger
- Oldřich Rohlík Passenger
- Antonín Šittler Passenger
- Rudolf Švec Passenger
- František Višňák Passenger
- Vilma Kopecká Passenger
- Eliška Singerová Passenger
- Bedřich Lomoz Passenger
- Eva Bažantová Passenger
- Jaroslav Brejcha Passenger
- Miroslava Lhotáková Passenger
- Ivana Prejdová Passenger
- Dan Slíva Passenger
- Irena Farkašová Passenger
- Iva Fousková Passenger
- Zdeněk Linhart Passenger
- Helena Průšová Passenger
- Marcela Šlenhofová Passenger
- Zdena Valterová Passenger
- Alois Kříž Passenger
- Karel Kocman Passenger
- Marie Marková Passenger
- Alois Bára Passenger
- Juraj Mičík Passenger
- Karel Jansa Passenger
- Z. Hein Passenger
- D. Bartošová Passenger
- M. Škubalová Passenger
- Z. Furiková Passenger
- A. Kvasnička Passenger
- Z. Prymasová Passenger
- L. Taterová Passenger
- J. Tučková Passenger
- M. Šiklová Passenger
- K. Merhaut Passenger
- O. Váňová Passenger
- B. Laubová Passenger
- M. Moučková Passenger
- Pavel Kamba Waiter
- Pavel Pidrman Waiter
- Jiří Bachmann Waiter
- Marcel Baleš Waiter
- Josef Koželuh Waiter
- Ladislav Nosek Waiter
- Roman Špaček Waiter
- Milan Trykar Waiter
- Marjan Bernacik Soireé Guest / Model
- Michaela Drobná Soireé Guest / Model
- Marie Dudáková Soireé Guest / Model
- Květa Gajdošová Soireé Guest / Model
- Jaroslava Gondolánová Soireé Guest / Model
- Vladimír Jícha Soireé Guest / Model
- Soňa Kaudersová Soireé Guest / Model
- Sonja Kaukusová Soireé Guest / Model
- Jitka Kotková Soireé Guest / Model
- Marcela Krůtová Soireé Guest / Model
- Světlana Kudrnová Soireé Guest / Model
- Karel Mikl Soireé Guest / Model
- Vratislav Mikšaník Soireé Guest / Model
- Alena Novotná Soireé Guest / Model
- Jarmila Poláková Soireé Guest / Model
- Markéta Sobolová Soireé Guest / Model
- Jiří Valášek Soireé Guest / Model
- Eva Vaňatová Soireé Guest / Model
- Irena Vavrušková Soireé Guest / Model
- Jiřina Veverková Soireé Guest / Model
- Miroslav Vilímek Soireé Guest / Model
- Milan Vokřínek Soireé Guest / Model
- Vladimír Ausobský Soireé Guest
- Jan Bísek Soireé Guest
- Olga Dodeková Soireé Guest
- Tomáš Frágner Soireé Guest
- Věra Frágnerová Soireé Guest
- Josef Hejna Soireé Guest
- František Hodinář Soireé Guest
- Ingrid Holická Soireé Guest
- Zdeněk Humplík Soireé Guest
- Tomáš Janata Soireé Guest
- Josef Jonáš Soireé Guest
- Marie Kahleová Soireé Guest
- Zdeněk Kerhart Soireé Guest
- Branislav Klčo Soireé Guest
- Milena Krocová Soireé Guest
- Josef Kroupa Soireé Guest
- Pavel Makovec Soireé Guest
- Jiří Máša Soireé Guest
- Marie Michálková Soireé Guest
- Renata Novotná Soireé Guest
- Taťána Novotná Soireé Guest
- Ladislav Pacovský Soireé Guest
- Jan Pázral Soireé Guest
- Antonín Pexa Soireé Guest
- Helena Pilařová Soireé Guest
- Kateřina Prokešová Soireé Guest
- Miroslav Rada Soireé Guest
- Richard Rýda Soireé Guest
- Luboš Sládek Soireé Guest
- Jiří Stokláska Soireé Guest
- Vlastimil Trdla Soireé Guest
- Miroslav Trpák Soireé Guest
- Zuzana Ulrychová Soireé Guest
- Antonín Untermüller Soireé Guest
- Martin Urban Soireé Guest
- Bohumil Vejskal Soireé Guest
- Hana Vernerová Soireé Guest
- Karel Vlasák Soireé Guest
- Jiřina Zábranská Soireé Guest
- Milan Klíčník Engagement Guest
- Machhour Makhoul TV Employee
- Bohumil Petrlík Mercedes Driver
- Lubomír Růžička Porsche Driver
- Raymond Takavarasha Ambulance Driver
- Zdeněk Hübner Scientist
- Rudolf Fleischer
- Jaroslav Šebek
- Luděk Löbl
- Johana Stuchlíková
- Jindřiška Špičková
- Lina Fárková
- Stanislav Krobot
- Božena Sušková
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Details
Dark Sun Also Known As
6 alternative titles, including “Černé slunce” and “The Black Sun”.
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- Černé slunce
- The Black Sun
- Dunkle Sonne
- Neutroneninferno
- Тёмное солнце
- Ciemne słońce
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FAQ
Dark Sun FAQ: Cast, Runtime & Release Date
Runtime, release date, director, cast, post-credit scenes and language of Dark Sun, each answered in a sentence.
How long is Dark Sun?
Dark Sun runs 2 hours 15 minutes (135 minutes).
When was Dark Sun released?
Dark Sun was released on September 19, 1980.
Who directed Dark Sun?
Dark Sun was directed by Otakar Vávra.
More films by Otakar Vávra Who is in the cast of Dark Sun?
Dark Sun stars Radoslav Brzobohatý as Prokop, Rudolf Hrušínský as Carson and Jan Pohan as Holz (voice), among 354 credited actors.
Does Dark Sun have a post-credit scene?
No. Dark Sun has no extra scene during or after the credits.
What language is Dark Sun in?
The original language of Dark Sun is Czech.
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