- Summary
- Karl Kopfrkingl works at a stately crematorium in Prague. Obsessed with his duties, he believes he is liberating the souls of the departed. With Nazi forces gathering at the Czech border, Karl descends into a mania that allows him to wholly enact his disturbed beliefs.
- Variant Title
- Cremator
- Format
- Video
- Published
- [United States] : Dark Sky Films, [2009]
- Other Authors/Editors
- Hrušínský, Rudolf, 1946-
Chramostová, Vlasta, 1926-2019.
Prachař, Ilja, 1924-2005.
Stenhova, Jana.
Vognič, Miloš.
Menzel, Jiří.
Fuks, Ladislav.
Herz, Juraj, 1934-
Filmové studio Barrandov.
- Notes
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Title from container.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1968.
Cinematography, Stanislav Milota ; editor, Jaromir Janacek ; music Zdenek Liska.
Rudolf Hrusinsky, Vlasta Chramostova, Ilja Prachar, Jana Stenhova, Milos Vognic, Jiri Menzel.
DVD; 2.0 mono; anamorphic widescreen; 1.66.1; Dolby digital.
Czech dialogue; English subtitles.