The Cremator

The Cremator

101 mins | Drama, Comedy, Horror | March 14, 1969

Mr. Kopfrkingl enjoys his job at a crematorium in Czechoslovakia in the late 1930s. He likes reading the Tibetan book of the dead and espouses the view that cremation relieves earthly suffering and sets out to save the world. There may be another idealogy that fits snugly with his existing worldview.

The Cremator

101 mins | Drama, Comedy, Horror | March 14, 1969

The Cremator
Mr. Kopfrkingl enjoys his job at a crematorium in Czechoslovakia in the late 1930s. He likes reading the Tibetan book of the dead and espouses the view that cremation relieves earthly suffering and sets out to save the world. There may be another idealogy that fits snugly with his existing worldview.
IMDb rating 8.0
Producers Filmové studio Barrandov
Original title Spalovač mrtvol
Directors Květa Lehovcová, Vladimír Blažek, Juraj Herz
Writers Ladislav Fuks, Vladimír Bor, Juraj Herz

Cast

Rudolf Hrušínský

as Karel Kopfrkingl

Vlasta Chramostová

as Lakmé / Dagmar

Jana Stehnová

as Zina

Miloš Vognič

as Mili

Ilja Prachař

as Walter Reinke

Zora Božinová

as Reinkeová

Eduard Kohout

as Bettleheim

Jiří Lír

as Strauss

Dimitri Rafalsky

as Fenek

Jan Vlček

as Vrána

Václav Halama

as Pelikán

Jiří Hálek

as Rámar Holý

Václav Kotva

as Josífek Zajíc

Míla Myslíková

as Silly Woman

Vladimír Menšík

as Silly Woman's Husband

Jiří Menzel

as Dvorak

Václav Štekl

as Musician / Box Referee / Panopticon Owner

Nataša Gollová

as Madam in the Massage Parlor

Jindřich Narenta

as Nazi in Smoking Suit

Helena Anýzová

as Pale Girl

Jana Šulcová

as Blushing Girl

Jan Řeřicha

as The Bachelor of the Unruly Girl

Oldřich Vízner

as Kája

Carmen Mayerová

as Lisková

Libuše Pešková

as Podzimková

Růžena Vlčková

as Anezka

Marie Rosůlková

as Woman Demanding a Casket

Věra Vlčková

as Prostitute

Rudolf Iltis

as Stein

Erich Fichtner

as Crematory Manager

Jiřina Bílá

as Pracharova (uncredited)

Jan Kraus

as Vojtík Prachar

M. Mach

as

Josef Kemr

as Fenek (voice)

Jiří Němeček

as Nazi in Smoking Suit

Vladimír Čech

as Crematory Manager (voice)