Krakatoa: The Last Days | |
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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 |
Production | |
Producers | Alan Eyres J. Gregory Smith |
Cinematography | Giulio Biccari |
Running time | 90 minutes |
Budget | £2,200,000 |
Original release | |
Network | BBC One |
Release | 7 May 2006 |
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Krakatoa: The Last Days (also titled Krakatoa: Volcano of Destruction in the U.S. on the Discovery Channel) is a BBC Television docudrama that premiered on 7 May 2006 on BBC One. The program is based upon four eyewitness accounts of the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa, an active stratovolcano between the islands of Sumatra and Java, present day Indonesia.