The Cremator (1969)
March 14, 1969Release Date
The Cremator (1969)
March 14, 1969Release Date


Plot.
Where to Watch.


Currently The Cremator is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Criterion Channel, Apple TV
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Cast & Crew.

Rudolf Hrušínský
Karel Kopfrkingl

Vlasta Chramostová
Lakmé / Dagmar

Jana Stehnová
Zina

Miloš Vognič
Mili

Ilja Prachař
Walter Reinke

Zora Božinová
Reinkeová

Eduard Kohout
Bettleheim

Jiří Lír
Strauss

Dimitri Rafalsky
Fenek

Jan Vlček
Vrána

Václav Halama
Pelikán

Jiří Hálek
Rámar Holý

Václav Kotva
Josífek Zajíc

Míla Myslíková
Silly Woman

Vladimír Menšík
Silly Woman's Husband

Jiří Menzel
Dvorak

Václav Štekl
Musician / Box Referee / Panopticon Owner

Nataša Gollová
Madam in the Massage Parlor

Jindřich Narenta
Nazi in Smoking Suit

Helena Anýžová
Pale Girl

Jana Šulcová
Blushing Girl

Jan Řeřicha
The Bachelor of the Unruly Girl

Oldřich Vízner
Kája

Carmen Mayerová
Lisková

Libuše Pešková
Podzimková

Růžena Vlčková
Anezka

Marie Rosůlková
Woman Demanding a Casket

Věra Vlčková
Prostitute

Rudolf Iltis
Stein

František Kubíček
Beran

Erich Fichtner
Crematory Manager

Jiřina Bílá
Pracharova (uncredited)

Jan Kraus
Vojtík Prachar

Josef Kemr
Fenek (voice)

Jiří Němeček
Nazi in Smoking Suit

Vladimír Čech
Crematory Manager (voice)

Juraj Herz
Director / Screenplay

Květa Lehovcová
First Assistant Director

Vladimír Blažek
First Assistant Director

Věra Vláčilová
Script

Věra Kalábová
Dramaturgy

Josef Kraus
Assistant Production Design

František Straka
Property Master

Bedřich Čermák
Props

Karel Kytka
Props

Marie Knotková
Costumer

František Čížek
Makeup & Hair

Václav Volk
Makeup & Hair

Zdena Prchlíková
Makeup & Hair

Ladislava Klusáčková
Assistant Editor

Karel Jakl
Sound Recordist

Antonín Dimitrov
Title Designer

Jaromír Lukáš
Unit Production Manager

Anna Proboštová
Assistant Production Manager

Jitka Přibylová
Clapper Loader

Pavel Brodil
Gaffer

Karel Ješátko
Still Photographer

Zdeněk Liška
Original Music Composer

František Belfín
Conductor

Vladimír Bor
Creative Producer

Jiří Šebor
Executive Producer

Ladislav Fuks
Novel / Screenplay

Stanislav Milota
Director of Photography

Jaromír Janáček
Editor

Zbyněk Hloch
Production Design

Ladislav Hanuš
Production Manager

František Černý
Sound

Bohumil Rath
Camera Operator

Olga Dimitrovová
Costume Design

Miloslava Šmídová
Costumer

S. Študentová

L. Geussová

J. Zeman

M. Mach

J. Lebeda

I. Svobodová

M. Jílková

V. Handlová

Zdeněk Šmidrkal

Z. Šumberová

Václav Vodák

Jaroslav Toms

M. Baumrukerová

Alena Balejová

B. Mandausová

Josef Střecha

E. Šumberová

J. Němec

Karel Přinesdomů

Vl. Grygar

Helena Kotoučová

M. Bohatová

M. Smolová

K. Kučerová

Pavla Břínková

E. Kamesleimerová

H. Francová

František Poláček

V. Kebrt

H. Sládková

C. Zeyerová

M. Janoušková

Radomír Hubáček
Unit Production Manager

František Häusler
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Details.
Release DateMarch 14, 1969
Original NameSpalovač mrtvol
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 41m
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
Wiki.
The Cremator (Czech: Spalovač mrtvol) is a 1969 Czechoslovak dark comedy horror film directed by Juraj Herz, based on a novel by Ladislav Fuks. The screenplay was written by Herz and Fuks. The film was selected as the Czechoslovakian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 42nd Academy Awards, but was not nominated. In 1972, it won the Festival de Cine de Sitges Best Film award, where it also received awards for its star Rudolf Hrušínský and cinematographer Stanislav Milota.
Set in 1930s Prague, Karel Kopfrkingl slowly devolves from an odd but relatively well-meaning cremator of the dead into a murderer of his family and mass murderer who proposes to run the ovens at extermination camps due to the influence of the Nazi party and Tibetan Buddhism, as he believes his murders are "liberating" the souls of the deceased into a better life. The film consists mostly of monologues from Kopfrkingl that follow his descent into madness. Influenced by German Expressionist film, it is often cited as an example of the Czechoslovak New Wave. The film was withdrawn from circulation in 1973 and not seen again until 1990, after the collapse of the communist system in Czechoslovakia in 1989.
With a 90.2% score on the Czech and Slovak Movie Database as well as praise from film critics, The Cremator is often considered to be one of the best films ever made in Czechoslovakia. It has also gathered a prominent cult following.
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