Rudolf Hrusínský,
Vlasta Chramostová,
Ilja Prachar,
Jiri Lir,
Jirí Menzel
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A man in Nazi occupied Czechoslovakia works as a cremator of dead bodies. He believes he is doing the souls of the dead a favor because of his beliefs in Tibetan religion. A Nazi convinces the man he ... read more
Directed by: Juraj Herz
DVD Release Date: March 31, 2009
Good manners, tidiness, or healthy abstinence are perfect, at first, to conceal a growing psychopathy. From Kafka's land comes this bizarre and engaging study of man obsessed with death, mainly because he works as a funeral director and passionately reads the tibetan book of the ... read more
A Czechoslovakian funeral director, obsessed with cremation, adopts a warped sense of purpose when his German ancestry becomes a topic of interest in his community. Director Juraj Herz manages to take his main character from "merely distasteful" to "completely repulsive" in the ... read more
This movie is fucked up. Getting in to the film was difficult for me, because I had no idea where the film was going, but it just turns into something great. The excuses the cremator uses to justify what he is doing is chilling and it was an intensely, neat watch.
While a little difficult to get into at first, The Cremator is really a standout film. Amazing actors (how easy it is to hate the 'protagonist'), cinematography, editing and story culminate into a frighteningly realistic portrayal of a madman.
A blend of horror and political allegory, with plenty of black humor. Rudolf Hrusínský gives a fantastic performance playing the demented lead role. Everything in the film is filtered through him, and the use of fish eye lens, close-up POV montages, and these weird invisible cut ... read more
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