The Cremator - Der Leichenverbrenner (1969)
Karl Kopfrkingl, Krematoriumsangestellter in einer tschechischen Kleinstadt liebt seine Arbeit. Mit Hingabe richtet er die Leichen hübsch her, bevor er sie verbrennt. Dabei vernachlässigt er noch nicht einmal seine Familie. Als Tschechien an die Nazis fällt, wittert Kopfrkingl Aufstiegschancen. Dumm nur, daß sein Sohn mit Juden befreundet ist, aber für die Karriere geht man ja schließlich auch über Leichen...
Der Regisseur:
Juraj Herz
Die Autor:
Ladislav Fuks, Juraj Herz.
| Directing | Juraj Herz | Director |
| Art | Karel Kytka | Props |
| Costume & Make-Up | František Čížek | Makeup & Hair |
| Art | František Straka | Property Master |
| Costume & Make-Up | Václav Volk | Makeup & Hair |
| Sound | Karel Jakl | Sound Recordist |
| Crew | Věra Kalábová | Dramaturgy |
| Editing | Ladislava Klusáčková | Assistant Editor |
| Directing | Květa Lehovcová | First Assistant Director |
| Camera | Jitka Přibylová | Clapper Loader |
| Camera | Karel Ješátko | Still Photographer |
| Production | Anna Proboštová | Assistant Production Manager |
| Art | Bedřich Čermák | Props |
| Sound | František Belfín | Conductor |
| Sound | Zdeněk Liška | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Vladimír Blažek | First Assistant Director |
| Art | Antonín Dimitrov | Title Designer |
| Lighting | Pavel Brodil | Gaffer |
| Writing | Vladimír Bor | Creative Producer |
| Art | Josef Kraus | Assistant Production Design |
| Production | Jiří Šebor | Executive Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marie Knotková | Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Zdena Prchlíková | Makeup & Hair |
| Art | Zbyněk Hloch | Production Design |
| Sound | František Černý | Sound |
| Writing | Ladislav Fuks | Novel |
| Production | Ladislav Hanuš | Production Manager |
| Camera | Stanislav Milota | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Ladislav Fuks | Screenplay |
| Editing | Jaromír Janáček | Editor |
| Writing | Juraj Herz | Screenplay |
| Camera | Bohumil Rath | Camera Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Olga Dimitrovová | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Miloslava Šmídová | Costumer |
| Production | Jaromír Lukáš | Unit Manager |
| Production | Radomír Hubáček | Unit Manager |
| Directing | Věra Vláčilová | Script Supervisor |