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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Karel Hovorka st.
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Jako kníže Rohan (1983) (TV movie)
The Cremator (1968)
Secluded, Near Woods (1976)
Karel Fiala
Best movies:
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
The Cremator (1968)
Secluded, Near Woods (1976)
Miloslav Šindler
Best movies:
The Cremator (1968)
Oil Lamps (1971)
The Incredibly Sad Princess (1968)
Jaroslav Toms
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Cremator (1968)
Riders in the Sky (1968)
Adela Has Not Had Her Supper Yet (1978)
Václav Vodák
Best movies:
The Cremator (1968)
Oil Lamps (1971)
A Report on the Party and Guests (1966)
František Häusler
Best movies:
The Cremator (1968)
Radomír Hubáček
Best movies:
The Cremator (1968)
Morgiana (1972)
Sign of the Cancer (1966)
Helena Kotoučová
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Cremator (1968)
Death Is Called Engelchen (1963)
The Proud Princess (1952)
Jiří Kaftan
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Cremator (1968)
The Three Veterans (1983)
Green Gold (1964)
Theodor Kunst
Best movies:
The Cremator (1968)
František Poláček
Best movies:
The Cremator (1968)
Felix Černý
Best movies:
The Cremator (1968)
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
Crime at the Zlenice Castle (1971) (TV movie)
Karel Přinesdomů
Best movies:
The Cremator (1968)
Zdeněk Šmidrkal
Best movies:
The Cremator (1968)
Kulhavý ďábel (1968)
Marie Rosůlková
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Cremator (1968)
Charleyova teta (1969) (theatrical recording)
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
Josef Kemr
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Naši furianti (1983) (theatrical recording)
Give the Devil His Due (1984)
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
Jiřina Jandová
Best movies:
The Cremator (1968)
Oil Lamps (1971)
A Report on the Party and Guests (1966)