The Cremator

Spalovač mrtvol / Juraj Herz / CSR 1968 / 97 min. / 15 years / HD file
This dark, grotesque adaptation of Ladislav Fuchs’ novella combines elements of black comedy and horror with echoes of German expressionism. A digitally remastered copy of an essential title of the Czechoslovak New Wave, which was one of the so-called vault movies in the 1970s.

Screenings

Saturday 27.07.2024
19:30 - 21:22
Reduta - Big Hall
Director: Juraj Herz / CSR 1968 / 97 + 15 min. / 15 years / HD file / czech
Introduction: Jonáš Kucharský, Aleš Říman
Tuesday 30.07.2024
19:30 - 21:22
Reduta - Big Hall
Director: Juraj Herz / CSR 1968 / 97 + 15 min. / 15 years / HD file / czech
Introduction: Jonáš Kucharský, Aleš Říman

Additional info

Directed by
Juraj Herz
Screenplay
Ladislav Fuks, Juraj Herz
Photography
Stanislav Milota
Music
Zdeněk Liška
Cast
Rudolf Hrušínský (Karel Kopfrkingl), Vlasta Chramostová (Marie Kopfrkinglová), Jana Stehnová (Zina Kopfrkinglová), Miloš Vognič (Milivoj Kopfrkingl), Ilja Prachař (inženýr Walter Reinke), Zora Božinová (Erna Reinkeová), Eduard Kohout (MUDr. Richard Bettelheim), Jiří Lír (obchodní agent Strauss), Dimitrij Rafalský (morfinista Fenek)