Scene from the film The Cremator
Scene from the film The Cremator
Scene from the film The Cremator
Scene from the film The Cremator
Scene from the film The Cremator

The Cremator

Direction
Year 
1968
Country
  • Czech Republic
  • Slovakia
Runtime
96min 
Audio Tracks 
Subtitles 

This adaptation of a 1967 novel is regarded as one of director Juraj Herz’s greatest films. The dark and absurdist story touches on issues of Jewish identity and alienation in a brutal world. Set in the 1930s, the protagonist is crematorium worker Karel Kopfrkingl, who loves his work and family – in fact, he loves them so much that he decides to kill his wife and two children in a loving and professional way, transformed as he is by the emerging ideology of Nazism. The outstanding qualities of the film are largely down to the performance of the lead actor, Rudolf Hrušínský, who masterfully plays an ordinary man turning into a psychopathic monster. The film’s mix of black comedy and its vivid evocation of the expressionism of the Germany of another era makes The Cremator one of the most important films of the Czechoslovak New Wave.


The film was digitally remastered in 2019.

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Details

  • Original Title
    Spalovač mrtvol
  • Direction
  • Screenplay
    Ladislav Fuks, Juraj Herz
  • Cast
    Rudolf Hrušínský, Vlasta Chramostová, Ilja Prachař, Jana Stehnová, Miloš Vognič, Zora Božinová
  • Cinematography
    Stanislav Milota
  • Editing
    Jaromír Janáček
  • Music
    Zdeněk Liška
  • Runtime
    96 min (91+ min.)
  • Year
    1968
  • Country
    • Czech Republic
    • Slovakia
  • Format
    • Black & White
  • Distribution

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