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The Cremator
Spalovač mrtvol
Directed by Juraj Herz
1969•1h 35m•NR•★ 8.0
Comedy / Drama / Horror / Thriller
Synopsis
In 1930s Prague, a fastidious, gentle crematorium manager obsessed with Tibetan reincarnation and purifying human suffering is seduced by Nazi racial purity ideology, coldly preparing to gas and incinerate his half-Jewish wife and son for the glory of the Reich. Juraj Herz's nightmarish black-and-white tour-de-force of grotesque expressionism and psychological terror.
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Cast & Crew
DirectorJuraj Herz
WriterLadislav FuksJuraj Herz
CinematographyStanislav Milota
MusicZdeněk Liška
Principal Cast
Rudolf HrušínskýKarel Kopfrkingl
Vlasta ChramostováLakmé / Dagmar
Jana StehnováZina
Ilja PrachařWalter Reinke
Zora BožinováReinkeová
Eduard KohoutBettleheim
Jiří LírStrauss
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Runtime1h 35m (95 mins)
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DirectorJuraj Herz
LanguagesCzech
CountryCS
StudioFilmové studio Barrandov
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