The Cremator
The Garden Cinema39-41 Parker Street, London
Fri 2 Oct · 20:30 · £15
About this event
All screenings feature a recorded introduction from curator and scholar of Eastern European cult cinema Daniel Bird. Juraj Herz’s film The Cremator has been described in many ways – as surrealist-inspired horror, as expressionist fantasy, as a dark and disturbing tale of terror. This brilliantly chilling film, a mix of Dr Strangelove and Repulsion , is set in Prague during the Nazi occupation. It tells the story of Karl Kopfrkingl (Rudolf Hrušínský), a professional cremator, for whom the political climate allows free rein to his increasingly deranged impulses for the ‘salvation of the world’. Cast: Rudolf Hrušínský, Vlasta Chramostová, Jana Stehnová, Miloš Vognič
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39-41 Parker Street, London
20:30Fri 2 Oct· £15
18:00Mon 19 Oct· £15
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