"The Cremator" Screening at Matsumoto Cinema Select
★Japan Premiere
Winner of the Grand Prix at the 5th Sitges-Catalonia International Film Festival
Prague, Czechoslovakia, on the eve of World War II. Karel Kopfl-Klingler, a cremator at a funeral home, is an ordinary man who loves his family. However, influenced by his pro-Nazi friends and the social climate, he is eventually driven toward a shocking “Final Solution.”
A masterpiece of dark comedy that exposes the terror of totalitarian ideology, it is hailed as director Július Herz’s finest work. Depicting the transformation of an ordinary man into a perpetrator through beautiful yet eerie expressionist imagery, this film captures the “banality of evil” and stands as a landmark masterpiece in cinematic history.
Information
- Period
- May 3, 2026 – May 6, 2026
- Venue
- M-Wing 6th Floor Hall, Matsumoto City
- Address
- 1-18-1 Chuo Matsumoto City
*Note: Business hours and closures are subject to change.
