Sběrné surovosti (The Junk Shop) 1965 (31 mins) + Spalovač mrtvol (The Cremator) 1969 (96 mins) 1965 Ages 15+

When

11.00am, Sat 15 Jul 2017 (127 mins)

Where

Gallery of Modern Art & Cinema A

About

The Junk Shop 1965 (31 mins)

'Shot in the very junk shop where author and co-scenarist Bohumil Hrabal worked for seven years, Herz's exuberant Pearls of the Deep episode heralded a singular new talent.' Melbourne Cinémathèque

The Cremator 1969 (96 mins)

'Karl Kopfrkingl, chillingly portrayed by Rudolf Hrušínský, is a cremator wooed by Nazism in the early days of the German occupation. Production of this adaptation of Ladislav Fuks' novel was halted during the 1968 Soviet invasion, further charging its already potent political undertones with an added horror and complementing Stanislav Milota's virtuoso expressionist cinematography and Zdeněk Liška's indelible score.' Melbourne Cinémathèque

Ages 15+

Production Credits

  • Director: Juraj Herz
  • Script: Bohumil Hrabal, Ladislav Fuks
  • Based on: the Story 'Baron Prásil' by Bohumil Hrabal
  • Cinematographers: Rudolf Milic, Stanislav Milota
  • Editor: Jaromír Janáček
  • Production Companies: Filmové Studio Barrandov, Sebor
  • Print Source / Rights: Prague
  • Screening Format: DCP, 35mm
  • Year: 1965
  • Runtime: 127 minutes
  • Country: Czechoslovakia
  • Languages: Czech, (with English subtitles)
  • Sound: Mono
  • Colour: Black & White