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Národni filmovy archiv
Directed by: Juraj Herz
Featuring: Rudolf Hrusínsky, Vlasta Chramostová, Jana Stehnová, Milos Vognic, Zora Bozinová, Ilja Prachar, Eduard Kohout, Jiri Menzel, Jiri Lir, Helena Anyzová
Czechoslovak New Wave iconoclast Juraj Herz’s terrifying, darkly comic vision of the horrors of totalitarian ideologies stars a supremely chilling Rudolf Hrušínský as the pathologically morbid Karel Kopfrkingl, a crematorium director in 1930s Prague who believes fervently that death offers the only true relief from human suffering. When he is recruited by the Nazis, Kopfrkingl’s increasingly deranged worldview drives him to formulate his own shocking final solution. Blending the blackest of gallows humor with disorienting expressionistic flourishes—queasy point-of-view shots, distorting lenses, jarring quick cuts—the controversial, long-banned masterpiece The Cremator is one of cinema’s most trenchant and disturbing portraits of the banality of evil.
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Format:
Blu-ray
Disc:
BD-50 (1 Disc)
Total: 1 Disc
Regions:
A (Blu-ray)
Aspect Ratio:
1.66:1
Audio Options:
Czech PCM Mono 1.0
Subtitles:
English
Supplements
Types of Supplements Included: Short Film, Documentary, Interview, Theatrical Trailer, Insert
- High-definition digital transfer of The Junk Shop, director Juraj Herz’s 1965 debut short film
- Short documentary from 2011 featuring Juraj Herz visiting filming locations and recalling the production of The Cremator
- New interview with film programmer Irena Kovarova about the style of the film
- Documentary from 2017 about composer Zdeněk Liška featuring Juraj Herz, filmmakers Jan Svankmajer and the Quay Brothers, and others
- Interview with actor Rudolf Hrusínsky from 1993
- Trailer
- An essay by scholar Jonathan Owen
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