The Cremator
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 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.
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
Cast
- Carmen Mayerová
- Dimitri Rafalsky
- Eduard Kohout
- Helena Anýžová
- Helena Kotoucová
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- Ilja Prachař
- Jan Kraus
- Jan Řeřicha
- Jana Čechová
- Jana Sulcová
- Jaroslav Toms
- Jindrich Narenta
- Jiří Hálek
- Jiří Kaftan
- Jiří Lír
- Jiří Menzel
- Jirina Bila-Strechová
- Josef Kemr
- Karel Hovorka st.
- Libuše Peškova
- Marie Hübschova
- Marie Rosůlková
- Míla Myslíková
- Miloslav Šindler
- Nataša Gollová
- Oldřich Vízner
- Pavla Břínková
- Rudolf Hrušínský
- Rudolf Iltis
- Václav Halama
- Václav Kotva
- Václav Štekl
- Václav Vodák
- Věra Vlčková
- Vladimír Menšík
- Vlasta Chramostová
- Zora Božinová