The Cremator (Criterion Collection) (1969) on Blu-ray

Actor: Rudolf Hrus nsky, Ilja Prachar, Vlasta Chramostova
Director: Juraj Herz
Genre: Comedy
Year: 1969
Studio: Criterion Collection
Length: 100
Released: 4/21/2020
Rating: Not Rated (MPAA Rating)
Format: Blu-ray
Misc/Special Features: Blu-ray, Subtitled,New 4K digital restoration , The Junk Shop, director Juraj Herz’s 1965 debut short film, Two short documentaries, New interview with film programmer Irena Kovarova, Interview with actor Rudolf Hrušínský from 1993.
Language: English
Subtitles : Yes

DESCRIPTION:

Czechoslovak New Wave iconoclast Juraj Herz's terrifying, darkly comic vision of the horrors of totalitarian ideologies stars a supremely chilling Rudolf Hrusinsky as the pathologically morbid Karel Kopfrkingl, a crematorium director in 1930s Prague who believes fervently that death offers the only true relief from human suffering. When he is recruited by the Nazis, Kopfrkingl's increasingly deranged worldview drives him to formulate his own shocking final solution. Blending the blackest of gallows humor with disorienting expressionistic flourishes queasy point-of-view shots, distorting lenses, jarring quick cuts the controversial, long-banned masterpiece The Cremator is one of cinema's most trenchant and disturbing portraits of the banality of evil.