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The Cremator

Cast

Ji?í Menzel, Rudolf Hrušínský, Vlasta Chramostová, Jan Vl?ek View All


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Juraj Herz (Director), Ladislav Fuks (Screenplay), Juraj Herz (Screenplay) View All

Released: Mar. 14th, 1969
Runtime: 1 hour, 40 minutes
Kopfrkingl enjoys his job at a crematorium in Czechoslovakia in the late 1930s. He likes reading the Tibetan book of the dead, and espouses the view that cremation relieves earthly suffering.
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Nestorio_Miklos
So long as Mr Koprfkingl keeps to his daily routine hes quite harmless, then later, when he starts to adhere to the ideologies of Nazi movement that he easily reconciles with Buddhist philosophy, hes immediately becoming aggressive killing his wife, children in order to save their souls.

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