Dutch Controller Willem Beijerinck lived and worked in Ketimbang with his wife Johanna and their three children.
A documentary on the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa in the Sunda Strait of Indonesia, bringing tsunamis, rains of pumice and ash, and a deadly flow of hot steam..
Krakatoa: The Last Days
2006 British TV docudrama film directed by Sam Miller
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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 |
Producers | Alan Eyres J. Gregory Smith |
Cinematography | Giulio Biccari |
Running time | 90 minutes |
Budget | £2,200,000 |
Network | BBC One |
Release | 7 May 2006 (2006-05-07) |
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 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.
Production
The series was produced