The Cremator(Spalovač mrtvol)
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Czechoslovakia · 1969
1h 41m
Director Juraj Herz
Starring Rudolf Hrušínský, Vlasta Chramostová, Jana Stehnová, Miloš Vognič
Genre Comedy, Horror, Drama
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Kopfrkingl enjoys his job at a crematorium in Czechoslovakia in the late 1930s. He likes reading the Tibetan book of the dead, and espouses the view that cremation relieves earthly suffering.
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