Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 101 min
- Language
- Czech
- Country
- XC
- Violence
- Moderate
- Frights
- Strong
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- It goes hard on frights — not a wind-down.
- In Czech — subtitles on.
The story
In 1930s Prague, a Czech cremator who firmly believes cremation relieves one from earthly suffering is drawn inexorably to Nazism.
- based on novel or book
- insanity
- child murder
- zoo
- dark comedy
- crematorium
- exterminator
- funeral director
- nazi collaborationism
- czech new wave
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Ilja Prachař — Walter Reinke
- Zora Božinová — Reinkeová
- Eduard Kohout — Bettleheim
- Jiří Lír — Strauss
- Dimitri Rafalsky — Fenek
- Jan Vlček — Vrána
- Václav Halama — Pelikán
- Jiří Hálek — Rámar Holý
- Václav Kotva — Josífek Zajíc
- Míla Myslíková — Silly Woman
- Vladimír Menšík — Silly Woman's Husband
- Directed
- Juraj Herz
- Written
- Ladislav Fuks, Juraj Herz
Production
- Rating
- 7.8 / 10 · 267 ratings
- Studio
- Filmové studio Barrandov
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