The Cremator 1969

type: Movie

language: Czech

duration: 100 min

genre: comedy

theme: comedy horror

director: Juraj Herz

Score: 6 / 10

The Cremator 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 nominated. 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.

Plot

The film takes place against the backdrop of the political radicalization of Europe during the 1930s, more specifically the demise of the golden era of the First Czechoslovak Republic and the installation of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia under Nazi Germany in 1939. Spiritually, it is set in the aftermath of the death of Thubten Gyatso, the 13th Dalai Lama, in 1933.

Awards

Sitges Film Festival Best Feature-Length Film award

Cast

More details

author	Juraj Herz Ladislav Fuks
award	Sitges Film Festival Best Feature-Length Film award
contentLocation	Prague
director	Juraj Herz
editor	Jaromír Janáček
genre	comedy drama horror political satire
keywords	adolf hitler annexation of austria austro-hungarian body part boxing match buddha buddhist monk catafalque chemical engineer christmas eve claim create dalai lama david-neel death camp disturb doing the right thing emiliano chamorro vargas europe first czechoslovak republic gas chamber gather gefilte fish german soldier golden era jewish-style carp dinner lakmé lhasa louis marin married nazi germany nazi party new world order obsess paint potala palace protectorate of bohemia and moravia serve severed head smoke sudetenland suffer the new world third reich thubten gyatso wax museum wife and child
musicBy	Zdeněk Liška
nomination	International Submission to the Academy Awards
producer	Ladislav Hanuš
productionCompany	Barrandov Studios
publisher	Central Office of Film Distribution
theme	black comedy comedy horror psychological drama satirical