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 (1)
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The Cremator has been described in many ways as surrealist-inspired horror film, as an expressionistic political allegory, a pitch-black comic satire and as a dark and disturbing tale of terror. This brilliantly chilling film, a unique mix of Psycho, Dr Strangelove and Repulsion, is set in Prague during the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia. It tells the story of one Karl Kopfrkingl (Rudolf Hrušínský), a professional cremator, for whom the political climate allows free rein to his increasingly perverse and deranged impulses for the salvation of the world. (Second Run)
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Karel Hovorka st.
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Jako kníže Rohan (1983) (TV movie)
The Cremator (1968)
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Karel Fiala
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Miloslav Šindler
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Jaroslav Toms
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Václav Vodák
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The Cremator (1968)
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František Häusler
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The Cremator (1968)
Radomír Hubáček
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Helena Kotoučová
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The Cremator (1968)
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Jiří Kaftan
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The Cremator (1968)
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František Poláček
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Felix Černý
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Karel Přinesdomů
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The Cremator (1968)
Zdeněk Šmidrkal
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The Cremator (1968)
Kulhavý ďábel (1968)
Marie Rosůlková
Austria-Hungary
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The Cremator (1968)
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Josef Kemr
Czechoslovakia
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Jiřina Jandová
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