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Bookmark this pageThe Cremator (1968)
Director: Juraj Herz
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From Time Out Film Guide
A promising idea for a black comedy about a mild-mannered family man who runs a crematorium, this works well enough for a while as he fusses simultaneously over the details of his trade and matters of personal hygiene, gradually becoming obsessed with the notion that his ovens are a last defence against earthly torments. The trouble is that the time is the late 1930s, and Herz makes such heavy allegorical weather of his tale that one is giving absolutely nothing away by revealing that the hero and his ovens eventually find fulfilment the Nazis.Author: TM
User reviews of this film
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Posted on Nov 27 2008 00:28
One of the best movies ever....very dark and heavy... i think its more of the drama...if you dont understand czech humore you defenetly wont find funny but brutal and shocking
amazing camera, director cut and music - Report as inappropriate
Cast & crew
Director: Juraj Herz
Cast: Rudolf Hrusínsky, Vlasta Chramostová, Jana Stehnová, Milos Vognic, Jirí Menzel full cast
Genre(s): Comedy
Duration: 102 mins
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