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)
(more)Cast
![Jana Šulcová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268249_4e1543.jpg)
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](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268653_02dc15.jpg)
Oldřich Vízner
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Cremator (1968)
Cutting It Short (1980)
Dnes ještě zapadá slunce nad Atlantidou (1978) (TV movie)
![Carmen Mayerová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271371_796501.jpg)
Carmen Mayerová
German Empire
Best movies:
The Cremator (1968)
Krvavá svatba (1987) (theatrical recording)
Smutek sluší Elektře (1991) (theatrical recording)
![Libuše Pešková](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/276/276124_4fa662.jpg)
Libuše Pešková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Cremator (1968)
The House in Karp Lane (1965)
Jan Hus (1954)
![Růžena Vlčková](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/277/277973_727437.jpg)
Růžena Vlčková
Best movies:
The Cremator (1968)
The Petroleum Lamps (1971)
Morgiana (1972)
Eva Ulincová
Best movies:
The Cremator (1968)
![Věra Vlčková](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268226_2fabc8.jpg)
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](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/277/277896_76208e.jpg)
Rudolf Iltis
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Cremator (1968)
Dita Saxová (1967)
![Josef Střecha](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/278/278159_9a1528.jpg)
Josef Střecha
Best movies:
The Cremator (1968)
![František Kubíček](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/276/276232_aaefb3.jpg)
František Kubíček
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Cremator (1968)
Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping (1983)
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
![Erich Fichtner](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/278/278160_689952.jpg)
Erich Fichtner
Best movies:
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
The Cremator (1968)
Ball Lightning (1978)
![Jiřina Bílá](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/352/163352210_cf473f.jpg)
Jiřina Bílá
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
The Cremator (1968)
Men About Town (1969)
![Jan Kraus](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/399/161399980_35cc76.jpg)
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)
The Petroleum Lamps (1971)
The Jester's Tale (1964)
![Pavla Břínková](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/072/312/72312340_1c279b.jpg)
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)