The Cremator [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

Director: Juraj Herz

Overview

This really black comedy, set during WW II when the Nazis invaded Czechoslovakia, tells the tale of the proud owner of a Czech crematorium. He takes equal pride in his work and in his half-Jewish wife and kids. The Nazis come and the man is spared because he has a little German in him. He is assigned to helm the death camp crematorium.

Product Details

Release Date:	04/21/2020
UPC:	0715515244213
Original Release:	1969
Rating:	NR
Source:	THE CRITERION COLLECTION, INC
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[B&W]
Language:	English
Time:	1:40:00
Sales rank:	9,840

Special Features

New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack; High-Definition digital transfer of The Junk Shop, Director Juraj Herz's 1965 debut short film; Short documentary from 2011 featuring Herz visiting filming locations and recalling the production of The Cremator; New interview with film programmer Irena Kovarova about the style of the film; Documentary from 2017 about Composer Zdenek Liska featuring Herz, filmmakers Jan Svankmajer and the Quay Brothers; Interview with actor Rudolf Hrusinsky from 1993; Trailer; New English Subtitle translation; Plus: An essay by film scholar Jonathan Owen

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Ji?? Menzel	Actor
Ilja Prachar	Walter Reinke
Jiri Lir	Strauss
Jana Stehnova	Actor
Rudolf Hrus?nsky	Kopfrkingl
Milos Vognic	Actor
Vlasta Chramostova	Lakmee
Rudolf Hrusinsky	Actor
Zdenek Liska	Composer

Technical Credits

Ladislav Fuks

Juraj Herz

Ladislav Fuks	Screenwriter
Juraj Herz	Screenwriter