p 　　Based on the novel by Karel Capek, the prominent Czech writer of the early 二0th century who coined the word robot for his play R U R , the story revolves around a discovery of Krakatit - a powerful explosive - by Prokop, an experimental scientist who, following an accidental explosion in his lab, slips in and out of delirium When he realises that, in a delirious period, he has given the formula for making Krakatit to one of his colleagues, he tries to find the man, who does not realize how dangerous a thing Krakatit is In the process, he nearly gives his discovery away again to foreign interests, a group of anarchists, and even greater forces of darkness p