Question 1

What chilling real-life location was used for filming The Cremator?

Accepted Answer

Part of the movie was filmed in a crematorium with real deceased people arranged for their cremation.

Question 2

Which prestigious film festivals have featured The Cremator in recent years?

Accepted Answer

The film was featured at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in 2019, Toronto International Film Festival in 2012, and IndieLisboa International Independent Film Festival in 2020.

Question 3

What artistic masterpiece appears in the film's climactic monologue scene?

Accepted Answer

Kopfrkingl delivers his monologue while standing on the Right panel of Hieronymus Bosch's 'Garden of Earthly Delights', with other Bosch paintings appearing in montage.

Question 4

What recognition did The Cremator receive from the Academy Awards?

Accepted Answer

It was Czechoslovakia's official submission to the 42nd Academy Awards' Foreign Language category in 1970.

Question 5

Who plays the central character Kopfrkingl in The Cremator?

Accepted Answer

Rudolf Hrušínský plays the character Kopfrkingl, a cremator drawn to Nazism in 1930s Prague.

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