The Cremator (1969)
NO ONE WILL SUFFER.
Genre : Comedy, Horror, Drama
Runtime : 1H 41M
Director : Juraj Herz
Writer : Ladislav Fuks, Juraj Herz
Synopsis
Mr. 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 and sets out to save the world. There may be another idealogy that fits snugly with his existing worldview.
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