Rudolf Hrušínský , Vlasta Chramostová, Jana Stehnova, Miloš Vognič, Zora Bozinová, Ilja Prachar, Eduard Kohout, Míla Myslíková, Vladimír Menšík. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1969. Based on the novel by Ladislav Fuks. Wide screen (1.66:1). 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.
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.
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