Directed by:
Juraj HerzCinematography:
Stanislav MilotaComposer:
Zdeněk LiškaCast:
Rudolf Hrušínský, Vlasta Chramostová, Jana Stehnová-Čechová, Miloš Vognič, Ilja Prachař, Zora Božinová, Eduard Kohout, Jiří Lír, Dimitrij Rafalský, Jan Vlček (more)VOD (2)
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Czechoslovak New Wave iconoclast Juraj Herz’s terrifying, darkly comic vision of the horrors of totalitarian ideologies stars a supremely chilling Rudolf Hrušínský as the pathologically morbid Karel Kopfrkingl, a crematorium director in 1930s Prague who believes fervently that death offers the only true relief from human suffering. When he is recruited by the Nazis, Kopfrkingl’s increasingly deranged worldview drives him to formulate his own shocking final solution. Blending the blackest of gallows humor with disorienting expressionistic flourishes—queasy point-of-view shots, distorting lenses, jarring quick cuts—the controversial, long-banned masterpiece The Cremator is one of cinema’s most trenchant and disturbing portraits of the banality of evil. (Criterion)
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Jana Šulcová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Cremator (1968)
Major Case Squad (2014) (series)
Ubohý pan Kufalt (1981) (TV movie)
Jan Řeřicha
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Cremator (1968)
Young Bohácek's Sufferings (1969)
L'Affaire Dreyfus (1994) (series)
Oldřich Vízner
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Cremator (1968)
Cutting It Short (1980)
Dnes ještě zapadá slunce nad Atlantidou (1978) (TV movie)
Carmen Mayerová
German Empire
Best movies:
The Cremator (1968)
Krvavá svatba (1987) (theatrical recording)
Smutek sluší Elektře (1991) (theatrical recording)
Libuše Pešková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Cremator (1968)
The House in Karp Lane (1965)
Jan Hus (1954)
Růžena Vlčková
Best movies:
The Cremator (1968)
Oil Lamps (1971)
Morgiana (1972)
Eva Ulincová
Best movies:
The Cremator (1968)
Věra Vlčková
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
The Cremator (1968)
Merlin aneb Pustá zem (1988) (theatrical recording)
Panoptikum Města pražského (1987) (series)
Rudolf Iltis
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Cremator (1968)
Dita Saxová (1967)
Josef Střecha
Best movies:
The Cremator (1968)
František Kubíček
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Cremator (1968)
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Erich Fichtner
Best movies:
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
The Cremator (1968)
Ball Lightning (1978)
Jiřina Bílá
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
The Cremator (1968)
Men About Town (1969)
Jan Kraus
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Cremator (1968)
Happy End (1967)
The Stolen Airship (1966)
Alfred Růžička
Best movies:
The Cremator (1968)
Alena Balejová
Best movies:
The Cremator (1968)
I, Distressing God (1969)
A Matter of Days (1968)
Marie Hübschová
Best movies:
The Cremator (1968)
Oil Lamps (1971)
The Jester's Tale (1964)
Pavla Břínková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Cremator (1968)
Orfeus v podsvětí (1980) (TV movie)
Perly panny Serafinky (1980) (TV movie)
Zuzana Rumlová
Best movies:
The Cremator (1968)
Witchhammer (1969)
The End of a Priest (1968)
Olga Bušková
Best movies:
The Cremator (1968)
Jak se krade milión (1967)
The Lady of the Lines (1966)