"NO ONE WILL SUFFER."

1969

1h 41m

7.8(242 votes)

Comedy

Horror

Drama

Overview

In 1930s Prague, a Czech cremator who firmly believes cremation relieves one from earthly suffering is drawn inexorably to Nazism.

Links & Resources

IMDbView

Social & External

IMDb

Production Companies

Videos & Trailers

1 video

Cast & Crew

110 members

Acting

Rudolf Hrušínský

Karel Kopfrkingl

Acting

Vlasta Chramostová

Lakmé / Dagmar

Acting

Jana Stehnová

Zina

No Image

Acting

Miloš Vognič

Mili

No Image

Acting

Ilja Prachař

Walter Reinke

Acting

Zora Božinová

Reinkeová

Acting

Eduard Kohout

Bettleheim

Acting

Jiří Lír

Strauss

Acting

Dimitri Rafalsky

Fenek

Acting

Jan Vlček

Vrána

No Image

Acting

Václav Halama

Pelikán

No Image

Acting

Jiří Hálek

Rámar Holý

Acting

Václav Kotva

Josífek Zajíc

No Image

Acting

Míla Myslíková

Silly Woman

Acting

Vladimír Menšík

Silly Woman's Husband

Acting

Jiří Menzel

Dvorak

Acting

Václav Štekl

Musician / Box Referee / Panopticon Owner

No Image

Acting

Nataša Gollová

Madam in the Massage Parlor

Acting

Jindřich Narenta

Nazi in Smoking Suit

Costume & Make-Up

Helena Anýžová

Pale Girl

Acting

Jana Šulcová

Blushing Girl

Acting

Jan Řeřicha

The Bachelor of the Unruly Girl

No Image

Acting

Oldřich Vízner

Kája

Acting

Carmen Mayerová

Lisková

Acting

Libuše Pešková

Podzimková

No Image

Acting

Růžena Vlčková

Anezka

No Image

Acting

Marie Rosůlková

Woman Demanding a Casket

Acting

Věra Vlčková

Prostitute

No Image

Acting

Eva Ulincová

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

Rudolf Iltis

Stein

No Image

Acting

Josef Střecha

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

B. Mandausová

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

František Kubíček

Beran

No Image

Acting

Erich Fichtner

Crematory Manager

No Image

Acting

J. Hladký

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

Jiřina Bílá

Pracharova (uncredited)

No Image

Acting

Jan Kraus

Vojtík Prachar

Acting

Alfred Růžička

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

H. Absolonová

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

Alena Balejová

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

M. Baumrukerová

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

S. Brabcová

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

E. Brázdová

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

V. Handlová

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

Marie Hübschová

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

M. Jílková

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

J. Knollová

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

Yvona Odehnalová

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

J. Pacáková

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

H. Schlechtrová

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

J. Škrabanová

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

M. Šotolová

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

H. Troníčková

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

C. Zeyerová

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

L. Geussová

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

I. Kučerová

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

J. Seyfertová

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

J. Scheybová

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

S. Študentová

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

Pavla Břínková

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

H. Francová

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

E. Kamesleimerová

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

K. Kučerová

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

H. Sládková

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

M. Smolová

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

I. Svobodová

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

Zuzana Rumlová

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

Olga Bušková

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

E. Otavová

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

A. Řezníčková

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

J. Šmídová

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

J. Tomšů

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

M. Bohatová

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

Jiřina Jandová

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

Karel Hovorka

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

J. Balík

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

J. Lebeda

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

M. Mach

Unknown Role

No Image

Production

Karel Fiala

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

Miloslav Šindler

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

Jaroslav Toms

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

Václav Vodák

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

J. Krupička

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

J. Zeman

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

František Häusler

Unknown Role

No Image

Production

Radomír Hubáček

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

Helena Kotoučová

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

Vl. Grygar

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

K. Geipel

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

Vratislav Hurych

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

J. Englická

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

Jiří Kaftan

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

Theodor Kunst

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

V. Kebrt

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

František Poláček

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

M. Janoušková

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

A. Mařáková

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

Z. Povolná

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

Věra Koželuhová

Unknown Role

Acting

V. Malečová

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

E. Tichá

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

Felix Černý

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

Karel Přinesdomů

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

J. Němec

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

E. Šumberová

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

Z. Šumberová

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

Zdeněk Šmidrkal

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

Josef Kemr

Fenek (voice)

Acting

Jiří Němeček

Nazi in Smoking Suit

Acting

Vladimír Čech

Crematory Manager (voice)

No Image

Similar Movies

3.9

1976

Beatriz

A child is witness to an assault on a monk by the gang of Lorenzo the Fifth. The monk escapes and takes refuge in the estate of Doña Carlota, a countess who lives with her son Juan and daughter Beatriz. Basilisa, the maid, conjures the devil to free her son from an irreversible illness, but to do so the evil must be transmitted to an innocent soul, and for that she chooses Beatriz. The child begins to be the victim of a possession, for which everyone blames the monk.

Movie

5.4

2014

The Creep Behind the Camera

An exploration of the making of b-movie sci-fi cult classic "The Creeping Terror" and its con-man director Art "A.J." Nelson/Vic Savage.

Movie

5.0

1996

My Name Is Shadow

Doctor Beiral, torn apart by the internal struggle between his social persona and the dark instincts that torment him, manages to use his investigations to give life to the monster that he has long held within him.

Movie

7.5

1955

East of Eden

In the Salinas Valley in and around World War I, Cal Trask feels he must compete against overwhelming odds with his brother for the love of their father. Cal is frustrated at every turn, from his reaction to the war, how to get ahead in business and in life, and how to relate to his estranged mother.

Movie

8.1

1959

Some Like It Hot

Two musicians witness a mob hit and struggle to find a way out of the city. Their only opportunity comes in the form of joining an all-girl band as they prepare to leave on a tour. The two disguise themselves as women and struggle to keep their identities secret as they deal with the problems this brings.

Movie

8.0

2017

Secret Fruit

The story revolves around a pair of teens who meet during difficult times and wind up falling in love.

Movie

7.1

2019

The Painted Bird

After losing his parents, a young Jewish boy wanders Eastern Europe, seeking refuge during World War II.

Movie

6.8

1937

The Prince and the Pauper

Two boys – the prince Edward and the pauper Tom – are born on the same day. Years later, when young teenage Tom sneaks into the palace garden, he meets the prince. They change clothes with one another before the guards discover them and throw out the prince thinking he's the urchin. No one believes them when they try to tell the truth about which is which. Soon after, the old king dies and the prince will inherit the throne.

Movie

7.6

2017

Cross My Heart

12-years-old Manon promises her younger brother, Mimi, that they will stay together, despite their difficult family circumstances and the ominous signs of being put into foster care. During the height of Quebec's FLQ Crisis in 1970, they stage their own rebellion by kidnapping an elderly woman and hiding her in the country, aided by their two cousins.

Movie

6.7

1970

The House of the Bories

Julien, a renowned geologist, lives with his wife Isabelle and their two children in a country house. But his sullen, uncompromising attitude leaves tensions high. The arrival of Carl-Stephane, a young German student, brings a breath of fresh air and lightness to the household.

Movie

5.0

1927

The Joy Girl

Though she loves one man, an ambitious Palm Beach girl marries another, whom she thinks is rich. He turns out to be a fraud who thought she was an heiress. She returns to a successful hat shop she maintains catering to socialites. Her true love turns out to be in fact, a rich man who let her think he was not to test her.

Movie

6.8

1915

Fanchon, the Cricket

A young wild girl, Fanchon, lives in a forest with her eccentric grandmother who is suspected by the villagers of being a witch. The unkempt Fanchon suffers from her grandmother's sorceress reputation. One day the girl rescues a boy from drowning and they fall in love, but Fanchon won't agree to marry him unless his father asks her. A year later the boy has fallen very ill and it is only the presence of the enchanting Fanchon that helps to restore his health.

Movie

1.0

2022

Nothing

Twenty-something June is anxiously awaiting the outcome of her most recent job interview. One day, when her friend goes on a vacation out of town, she is left all alone in their apartment . This overwhelms her as feelings of loneliness, isolation, and envy begin to creep up on her, putting her in an unhealthy state of mind. "Wala" is a story of growing pains. It's about the moment of uncertainty in everyone's young life. It's about how the wait can sometimes lead you down completely unexpected paths.

Movie

6.8

2024

Terrifier 3

Five years after surviving Art the Clown's Halloween massacre, Sienna and Jonathan are still struggling to rebuild their shattered lives. As the holiday season approaches, they try to embrace the Christmas spirit and leave the horrors of the past behind. But just when they think they're safe, Art returns, determined to turn their holiday cheer into a new nightmare. The festive season quickly unravels as Art unleashes his twisted brand of terror, proving that no holiday is safe.

Movie

8.1

1987

Full Metal Jacket

A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the U.S.-Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.

Movie

7.9

2004

Downfall

In April of 1945, Germany stands at the brink of defeat with the Russian Army closing in from the east and the Allied Expeditionary Force attacking from the west. In Berlin, capital of the Third Reich, Adolf Hitler proclaims that Germany will still achieve victory and orders his generals and advisers to fight to the last man. When the end finally does come, and Hitler lies dead by his own hand, what is left of his military must find a way to end the killing that is the Battle of Berlin, and lay down their arms in surrender.

Movie

8.1

1957

Wild Strawberries

Crotchety retired doctor Isak Borg travels from Stockholm to Lund, Sweden, with his pregnant and unhappy daughter-in-law, Marianne, in order to receive an honorary degree from his alma mater. Along the way, they encounter a series of hitchhikers, each of whom causes the elderly doctor to muse upon the pleasures and failures of his own life. These include the vivacious young Sara, a dead ringer for the doctor's own first love.

Movie

7.5

1984

The Killing Fields

New York Times reporter Sydney Schanberg is on assignment covering the Cambodian Civil War, with the help of local interpreter Dith Pran and American photojournalist Al Rockoff. When the U.S. Army pulls out amid escalating violence, Schanberg makes exit arrangements for Pran and his family. Pran, however, tells Schanberg he intends to stay in Cambodia to help cover the unfolding story — a decision he may regret as the Khmer Rouge rebels move in.

Movie

8.0

1996

Trainspotting

Hilarious but harrowing, the film charts the disintegration of the friendship between Renton, Spud, Sick Boy, Tommy and Begbie as they proceed seemingly towards a psychotic, drug-fuelled self-destruction.

Movie

7.4

1994

Interview with the Vampire

A vampire relates his epic life story of love, betrayal, loneliness, and dark hunger to an over-curious reporter.

Movie

Recommended Movies

7.3

1962

The Tale of Zatoichi

The adventures of a blind, gambling masseur and master swordsman. Zatoichi targets a yakuza-controlled village, because war with a neighbouring town's smaller gang is brewing.

Movie

7.6

1957

Sweet Smell of Success

New York City newspaper writer J.J. Hunsecker holds considerable sway over public opinion with his Broadway column, but one thing that he can't control is his younger sister, Susan, who is in a relationship with aspiring jazz guitarist Steve Dallas. Hunsecker strongly disapproves of the romance and recruits publicist Sidney Falco to find a way to split the couple, no matter how ruthless the method.

Movie

6.4

1979

West Indies

Aboard a giant slave ship in an abandoned Citroën factory, the history of the West Indies is traced through several centuries of French oppression. The ship becomes a stage for the people to tell stories via song and dance—from their enslavement to their displacement in Metropolitan France.

Movie

6.6

1968

Capricious Summer

Middle-aged Antonin and his friends, the major, now retired, and the canon, are in the river, swimming and philosophizing. Then it starts to rain. It just seems to be that sort of summer. Antonin runs the swimming bath with his portly wife Katherine... A man appears with his horse-drawn caravan. He lays a striped pole across the river and walks over. With a handstand and a magic trick, Ernie the Conjuror invites everyone to that evening's performance... Ernie is a tightrope walker of only modest skill, but with a slim and beautiful assistant, Anna. Antonin speaks to her. The two spend the night in the change room by the river, Antonin massaging her feet all night long. Katherine decides to move into the caravan with Ernie. But now the major and even the canon sense Anna's attractiveness...

Movie

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

7.2

1962

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

A rebellious youth, sentenced to a boy’s reformatory for robbing a bakery, rises through the ranks of the institution by impressing its Governor through his prowess as a long distance runner. He is encouraged to compete in an upcoming race, but faces ridicule from his peers.

Movie

7.3

1955

Journey to the Beginning of Time

Four schoolboys go on an awe-inspiring expedition back through time, where they behold landscapes and creatures that have long since vanished from the earth.

Movie

6.6

1960

Cruel Story of Youth

A budding gangster enthralls a freeloading young woman, soon taking advantage of her knack for hitch-hiking to rob middle-class, middle-aged men.

Movie

6.8

2000

Wild Flowers

Seven seemingly unconnected fairy tales - glued together only by folklore, mood, color and light - make up this Czech collection of visual poetry. The original piece of literature, written by Karel Jaromír Erben in 1853, contained twelve tales.

Movie

7.0

1965

Rapture

Agnes, a lonely teenage girl, and her father befriend an escaped convict, named Joseph, who arrives at their farm in Brittany, France. When Joseph develops an attraction to Agnes, her father threatens to break up the union.

Movie

5.6

2023

Thuramukham

The Harbour shows how two brothers end up on opposing sides of this system. One becomes the leader of an employer’s gang of thugs, while the other becomes an activist. All the while, the women in their family go hungry and the community is ravaged by violence and alcoholism.

Movie

6.8

2001

Cheap Smokes

As the lights flicker on a warm August night, amidst vacant Athens' stillness, a modern bohemian flirts with a woman he just met at a phone booth, while strolling around the city's quiet night streets.

Movie

6.3

2004

Daddy

This film is a documentary-style look at the life of the beloved Czech actor, Zdeněk Svěrák.

Movie

6.6

1977

Smoke on the Potato Fields

In this character study by Czech director Frantisek Vlacil, a stout middle-aged physician whose marriage has come apart establishes a practice in a small town. Gradually he's drawn into the lives of his patients—a childless couple, a pregnant girl with a stern mother, the son of a duck farmer—and each relationship reveals a bit more about him and the idyllic but insular community.

Movie

6.2

1975

Messiah of Evil

A young woman searching for her missing artist father finds herself in the strange seaside town of Point Dume, which seems to be under the influence of a mysterious undead cult.

Movie

7.2

2011

Kotoko

Suffering from double vision, a single mother tries to take care of her baby in the grip of terrifying hallucinations. Experiencing a nervous breakdown, she is deemed unfit to take care of her child and has it taken away from her. The only respite the mother has from her visions is when she sings. An award-winning novelist overhears her singing whilst riding the bus and the pair subsequently develop a volatile relationship.

Movie

7.1

2008

Revanche

Ex-con Alex plans to flee to the South with his girl after a robbery. But something terrible happens and revenge seems inevitable.

Movie

6.7

1993

Red Rock West

When a promised job for Texan Michael fails to materialize in Wyoming, Mike is mistaken by Wayne to be the hitman he hired to kill his unfaithful wife, Suzanne. Mike takes full advantage of the situation, collects the money, and runs. During his getaway, things go wrong, and soon get worse when he runs into the real hitman, Lyle.

Movie

7.3

1989

Decalogue II

Dorota Geller, a married woman, faces a dilemma involving her sick husband's prognosis. Her husband's doctor, who believes in God, sweared about it in vain.

Movie

7.1

1982

The Draughtsman's Contract

A young artist is commissioned by the wife of a wealthy landowner to make a series of drawings of the estate while her husband is away.

Movie

7.2

1966

Closely Watched Trains

At a village railway station in occupied Czechoslovakia, a bumbling dispatcher’s apprentice longs to liberate himself from his virginity. Oblivious to the war and the resistance that surrounds him, this young man embarks on a journey of sexual awakening and self-discovery, encountering a universe of frustration, eroticism, and adventure within his sleepy backwater depot.

Movie