The Cremator
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Wide screen (1.66:1).
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1969.
Special edition features: The junk shop, director Juraj Herz's 1950 debut short film; short documentary from 2011; new interview with film programmer Irena Kovarova about the style of the film; documentary from 2017 about composer; interview with actor Rudolf Hrusinsky from 1993; trailer; plus an essay by scholar Jonathan Owen.
Rudolf Hrusinsky, Vlasta Chramostova, Ilja Prachar, Jana Stehnova.
Karl Kopfrkingl works at a stately crematorium in Prague. Obsessed with his duties, he believes he is liberating the souls of the departed. With Nazi forces gathering at the Czech border, Karl descends into a mania that allows him to wholly enact his disturbed beliefs.
DVD, wide screen (1.66:1).
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SERIES
Criterion Collection
1023
LANGUAGE OPTIONS
Czech dialogue; English subtitles.
PUBLISHED
[New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2020]
Year Published: 2020
Description: 2 videodiscs (100 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: DVD
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781681436944
1681436949
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Herz, Juraj, 1934-
Hrušínský, Rudolf, 1946-
Chramostová, Vlasta, 1926-
Prachař, Ilja, 1924-2005,
Stehnová, Jana,
Criterion Collection (Firm),
SUBJECTS
Cremation -- Drama.
Crematoriums -- Czech Republic -- Drama.
Insanity (Law) -- Czech Republic -- Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Comedy films.
Horror films.