The Cremator 1969

NO ONE WILL SUFFER.

7.7 / 10   202 vote(s)
Comedy Horror Drama

In 1930s Prague, a Czech cremator who firmly believes cremation relieves one from earthly suffering is drawn inexorably to Nazism.

Release Date 1969-03-14
Runtime 1h 41m
Directors Juraj Herz, Stanislav Milota, Květa Lehovcová, Vladimír Blažek
Producers Vladimír Bor, Jiří Šebor
Writers Ladislav Fuks, Ladislav Fuks, Juraj Herz, Vladimír Bor

This film blew me away. It's done in the style of a beautiful tone poem. Yet, the subject is the horror of ethnic cleansing. The juxtaposition is riveting.

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