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The Cremator (1969)
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Original name: Spalovač mrtvol
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
surreal, dark comedy, black comedy, psychedelic, gothic, scary, psychological, atmospheric, mind bending, disturbing ...
Plot:
crematorium, world war two, insanity, murder, anti semitism, father murders son, surrealism, renaissance, death, mental disorder, serial killer, female nudity, funeral, arthouse horror, boxing, buddhism, death of wife, success, macabre, parallel universe, nude girl, election, infidelity, nightmare, entertainment ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, year 1969, year 1939, year 1938, 30s
Place:
czech republic, eastern europe, ussr, europe, prague, central europe, czechoslovakia ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Horror
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Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Duration: 104 min.
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