| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1969. |
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Based on the novel by Ladislav Fuks. |
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Special edition features: The junk shop, director Juraj Herz's 1950 debut short film; short documentary from 2011; new interview with film programmer Irena Kovarova about the style of the film; documentary from 2017 about composer; interview with actor Rudolf Hrusinsky from 1993; trailer; plus an essay by scholar Jonathan Owen. |
| NOTE |
Czech dialogue; English subtitles. |
| Cast |
Rudolf Hrusinsky, Vlasta Chramostova, Ilja Prachar, Jana Stehnova. |
| Summary |
Karl Kopfrkingl works at a stately crematorium in Prague. Obsessed with his duties, he believes he is liberating the souls of the departed. With Nazi forces gathering at the Czech border, Karl descends into a mania that allows him to wholly enact his disturbed beliefs. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| System details |
DVD, wide screen (1.66:1). |
| Subject |
Cremation -- Drama.
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Crematoriums -- Czech Republic -- Drama.
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Insanity (Law) -- Czech Republic -- Drama.
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Death -- Drama.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Czechoslovakia -- Drama.
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| Genre |
New wave films.
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Surrealist films.
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Horror films.
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Dark comedy films.
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Comedy films.
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Film adaptations.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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| Local subject |
Czech language materials.
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| Series |
The Criterion collection ; 1023
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| Add'l Names |
Herz, Juraj, 1934- screenwriter, film director.
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Fuks, Ladislav, screenwriter.
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Hrušínský, Rudolf, 1946- actor.
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Chramostová, Vlasta, 1926-2019, actor.
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Prachař, Ilja, 1924-2005, actor.
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Stehnová, Jana, actor.
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| Other corporate author |
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
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| ISBN |
9781681436944
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1681436949
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| STANDARD # |
715515244312 |
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CC3136DDVD The Criterion Collection |
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