The Cremator
Directed by	Juraj Herz
Written by	Ladislav Fuks Juraj Herz
Starring	Rudolf Hrušínský Vlasta Chramostová
Music by	Zdeněk Liška
Cinematography	Stanislav Milota
Editing by	Jaromír Janáček
Studio	Barrandov Studios
Distributed by	Central Office of Film Distribution
Release date(s)	March 14, 1969 (1969-03-14)
Running time	95 min
Country	Czechoslovakia
Language	Czech

The Cremator (Czech: Spalovač mrtvol) is a 1969 Czechoslovak horror comedy/drama film directed by Juraj Herz, based on a novel by Ladislav Fuks. The screenplay was written by Herz and Fuks. The Cremator was submited for 42^nd Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and in 1972 won the Festival de Cine de Sitges Best Film award, where it also received awards for its star Rudolf Hrušínský and cinematographer Stanislav Milota.

The story is set in 1930s Prague, where lives and works a cremator Karel Kopfrkingl. Story combines features from black comedy and horror (comedy horror). Film is often recognized as follower of German Expressionist film^[1] and also as example of Czechoslovak New Wave.

Shortly after its premiere in 1969, the film was banned and remained so until the collapse of the communist system in Czechoslovakia in 1989.

[edit] Cast

• Rudolf Hrušínský as Karel Kopfrkingl
• Vlasta Chramostová as Lakmé; Dagmar
• Jana Stehnová as Zina
• Miloš Vognič as Mili
• Zora Božinová as Erna Reinkeová
• Ilja Prachař as Walter Reinke
• Eduard Kohout as Bettleheim
• Míla Myslíková as woman in hat
• Vladimír Menšík as husband of woman in hat
• Jiří Menzel as Dvořák
• Jiří Lír as Strauss

[edit] References

1. ^ http://www.kinoeye.org/02/01/kosulicova01.php

[edit] External links

• The Cremator at Allmovie
• The Cremator at the Internet Movie Database

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