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Released
1969 · FILM

The Cremator

A reclusive Prague cremator with a macabre fascination for death becomes increasingly unhinged as his twisted ideals align with the rising tide of Nazi ideology.

NO ONE WILL SUFFER.

Directed by
Runtime
96 min
Language
CS
ComedyCrimeDrama
Streaming on
  • The Criterion Channel

Synopsis

In 1930s Prague, a Czech cremator who firmly believes that cremation relieves one from earthly suffering is drawn inexorably to Nazism.

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Principal cast & crew: 16

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

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This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Jaromir JanacekShot by Stanislav MilotaScored by Zdenek LiskaDesigned by Zbynek Hloch

Also known as

  • Der Leichenverbrennerde
  • The Crematorde
  • The Crematoren
  • El incinerador de cadávereses
  • L'Incinérateur de cadavresfr
  • L'uomo che bruciava i cadaveriit

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