The Cremator

The Cremator

NO ONE WILL SUFFER.

Rating

4.5 (1)

Release Date

3/14/1969

Runtime

101 mins

Overview

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

Status

Released

Original Language

Czech

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Homepage

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A profoundly disturbing portrait of how ideology can rationalize horror, following a man whose twisted philosophy about mercy and suffering makes him vulnerable to Nazi ideology. It's a blackly comic but ultimately suffocating descent into complicity and madness.

Mood

Dread-soakedUnsettlingBleak

Themes

CorruptionObsessionPower

Tone

Bleak

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

NaturalisticHigh-contrast

Structure

Linear

Heads up

Graphic violenceChild endangermentRacial violence

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