BasedonthenovelbyKarelCapek,theprominentCzechwriteroftheearly20thcenturywhocoinedthewordrobotforhisplayR.U.R.,thestoryrevolvesaroundadiscoveryofKrakatit-apowerfulexplosive-byProkop,anexperimentalscientistwho,followinganaccidentalexplosioninhislab,slipsinandoutofdelirium.Whenherealisesthat,inadeliriousperiod,hehasgiventheformulaformakingKrakatittooneofhiscolleagues,hetriestofindtheman,whodoesnotrealizehowdangerousathingKrakatitis.Intheprocess,henearlygiveshisdiscoveryawayagaintoforeigninterests,agroupofanarchists,andevengreaterforcesofdarkness...