The Cremator DVD (2017) Vlasta Chramostova, Herz (DIR) cert 15 ***NEW***

Title: The Cremator Leading Actor: Vlasta Chramostova Region: Region B Duration: 95 mins Format: Blu-ray / Normal Type: Blu-ray No. of Discs: 1 disc(s) Studio / Publisher: Arrow Films UK Release Date: 11 Dec 2017

Foreign drama based on the novel by Ladislav Fuks. The film centres around the demonic, death obsessed Karl Kopfrkingl (Rudolf Hrusinsky). He is the owner of a crematorium in the early stages of the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia who finds in the situation an opportunity to fulfil his business ambitions, justify his anti-Semitism and exert his obsession for control. His discovery that his wife has 'impure' blood sends him a psychopathic spiral that leads to the murder of her and their son.