The Cremator
Unfinished Business / Parting Glances
SPALOVA MRTVOL
Czechoslovakia, 1968, Juraj Herz
A family man running a crematorium in 1930s Czechoslovakia becomes a little too enthusiastic about ending human suffering and “freeing” people for the afterlife. He eventually finds complete fulfillment during the Nazi occupation of his country, and formulates his own Final Solution. “One of cinema’s most trenchant and disturbing portraits of the banality of evil.” –Janus Films. With Rudolf Hrušínský. Subtitles. DCP. 100 min. www.janusfilms.com/films/1945 (Source: ohio.org)
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SPALOVA MRTVOL
Czechoslovakia, 1968, Juraj Herz
A family man running a crematorium in 1930s Czechoslovakia becomes a little too enthusiastic about ending human suffering and “freeing” people for the afterlife. He eventually finds complete fulfillment during the Nazi occupation of his country, and formulates his own Final Solution. “One of cinema’s most trenchant and disturbing portraits of the banality of evil.” –Janus Films. With Rudolf Hrušínský. Subtitles. DCP. 100 min. www.janusfilms.com/films/1945 (Source: ohio.org)