Abstract is: The Cremator (Czech: Spalovač mrtvol) is a 1969 Czechoslovak dark comedy horror film directed by Juraj Herz, based on a novel by Ladislav Fuks. The screenplay was written by Herz and Fuks. The film was selected as the Czechoslovakian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 42nd Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. In 1972, it 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 the cremator Karel Kopfrkingl lives and works. Kopfrkingl slowly devolves from an odd but relatively well-meaning cremator of the dead into a murderer of his family and mass murderer who proposes to run the ovens at extermination camps due to the influence of the Nazi party and Tibetan Buddhism, as he believes his murders are "liberating" the souls of the deceased into a better life. The film is mostly made up of monologues from Kopfrkingl that follow his descent into madness. Influenced by German Expressionist film, it is often cited as an example of the Czechoslovak New Wave. The film was withdrawn from circulation in 1973 and not seen again until 1990, after the collapse of the communist system in Czechoslovakia in 1989. With a 90.2% score on the Czech and Slovak Movie Database as well as praise from movie critics, The Cremator is often considered to be one of the best movies ever made in Czechoslovakia. It has also gathered a prominent cult following.
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P166 | award received | Sitges Film Festival Best Feature-Length Film award | Q6359242 |
P144 | based on | The Cremator | Q12055538 |
P161 | cast member | Oldřich Vízner | Q200434 |
Jiří Menzel | Q352030 | ||
Nataša Gollová | Q436848 | ||
Rudolf Hrušínský | Q444097 | ||
Míla Myslíková | Q547780 | ||
Ilja Prachař | Q1658606 | ||
Jan Kraus | Q1681974 | ||
Vladimír Menšík | Q2141594 | ||
Václav Kotva | Q2535803 | ||
Václav Štekl | Q2535851 | ||
Helena Anýžová | Q3129650 | ||
Eduard Kohout | Q3507380 | ||
Vlasta Chramostová | Q3509625 | ||
Josef Kemr | Q3565113 | ||
Marie Rosůlková | Q7940699 | ||
Carmen Mayerová | Q11722433 | ||
Jana Šulcová | Q12023479 | ||
Jiří Hálek | Q12025205 | ||
Jiří Kaftan | Q12025252 | ||
Jiří Lír | Q12025344 | ||
Pavla Břínková | Q12044354 | ||
Jan Řeřicha | Q43044972 | ||
Dimitri Rafalsky | Q59384409 | ||
Věra Vlčková | Q79129042 | ||
Karel Hovorka st. | Q101210298 | ||
Václav Vodák | Q104590741 | ||
Jaroslav Toms | Q104626182 | ||
Helena Kotoucová | Q111328399 | ||
Rudolf Iltis | Q95165053 | ||
Jana Čechová | Q95168564 | ||
Zora Božinová | Q95466986 | ||
Václav Halama | Q95487530 | ||
Jirina Bila-Strechová | Q95688360 | ||
Libuše Peškova | Q95705630 | ||
Marie Hübschova | Q95706459 | ||
Jindřich Narenta | Q95893335 | ||
František Kubíček | Q101080346 | ||
Miloš Vognič | Q101081283 | ||
Miloslav Šindler | Q101113155 | ||
P2758 | CNC film rating (France) | no minors under twelve | Q23817740 |
P462 | color | black-and-white | Q838368 |
P86 | composer | Zdeněk Liška | Q423128 |
P2515 | costume designer | Olga Dimitrovová | Q65741625 |
P495 | country of origin | Czechoslovakia | Q33946 |
P57 | director | Juraj Herz | Q1066361 |
P344 | director of photography | Stanislav Milota | Q12055976 |
P750 | distributed by | Netflix | Q907311 |
Ústřední půjčovna filmů | Q11088472 | ||
P437 | distribution format | video on demand | Q723685 |
P1040 | film editor | Jaromír Janáček | Q18889279 |
Jaromír Janáček | Q95231822 | ||
P136 | genre | comedy film | Q157443 |
drama film | Q130232 | ||
horror film | Q200092 | ||
comedy drama | Q859369 | ||
thriller film | Q2484376 | ||
P407 | language of work or name | Czech | Q9056 |
Hebrew | Q9288 | ||
P840 | narrative location | Prague | Q1085 |
P1411 | nominated for | International Submission to the Academy Awards | Q125506406 |
P364 | original language of film or TV show | Czech | Q9056 |
P272 | production company | Barrandov Studios | Q790756 |
P2554 | production designer | Zbyněk Hloch | Q94904455 |
P577 | publication date | 1969-01-01 | |
1969-03-14 | |||
P58 | screenwriter | Ladislav Fuks | Q975764 |
Juraj Herz | Q1066361 | ||
P1476 | title | Spalovač mrtvol |
Q20057616 | Karel Kopfrkingl | present in work | P1441 |
Q12055538 | The Cremator | derivative work | P4969 |
Q122126150 | Spalovač mrtvol: kritické a analytické studie | main subject | P921 |
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