The Cremator

All screenings feature a recorded introduction from curator and scholar of Eastern European cult cinema Daniel Bird.

Juraj Herz’s film The Cremator has been described in many ways – as surrealist-inspired horror, as expressionist fantasy, as a dark and disturbing tale of terror.

This brilliantly chilling film, a mix of Dr Strangelove and Repulsion, is set in Prague during the Nazi occupation. It tells the story of Karl Kopfrkingl (Rudolf Hrušínský), a professional cremator, for whom the political climate allows free rein to his increasingly deranged impulses for the ‘salvation of the world’.

Cast:
Rudolf Hrušínský, Vlasta Chramostová, Jana Stehnová, Miloš Vognič

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Part of Czechoslovak New WavePart of Halloween at The Garden Cinema Juraj Herz, Czechoslovakia, 1969, 100m.