3 Movies Directed by Juraj Herz

The Cremator

The Cremator

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1969-03-14

Languages:

Czech

Countries:

Czechoslovakia

Runtime:

95 min

IMDB Ratings:

8.1 (3937 Reviews)

Director:

Juraj Herz

Cast:

Writer:

Ladislav Fuks (novel)

Ladislav Fuks (screenplay)

Juraj Herz (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Kopfrkingl enjoys his job at a crematorium in Czechoslovakia in the late 1930s. He likes reading the Tibetan book of the dead, and espouses the view that cremation relieves earthly suffering. At a reception, he meets Reineke, with whom he fought for Austria in the first World War. Reineke convinces Kopfrkingl to emphasize his supposedly German heritage, including sending his timid son to the German school. Reineke then suggests that Kopfrkingl's half-Jewish wife is holding back his advancement in his job.

Beauty and the Beast

Beauty and the Beast

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1983-10-01

Languages:

Czech

Countries:

Czechoslovakia

Runtime:

83 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.5 (497 Reviews)

Director:

Juraj Herz

Cast:

Writer:

Juraj Herz (screenplay)

Ota Hofman (screenplay)

Frantisek Hrubèn (play)

Frantisek Hrubèn (screenplay)

Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont (fairy tale)

Fullplot:

A more horrific and gloomy version of The Beauty and the Beast. Julie is a bankrupt merchant's daughter who as the only one of the three daughters chooses to save her father's life by going to the Haunted Wood's Castle where she meets Netvor. He wants to kill her, but her beauty prevents him from that. Although she is forbidden to see him she starts to love him and the love rescues him from his curse.

Ferat Vampire

Ferat Vampire

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1982-05-01

Languages:

Czech

Countries:

Czechoslovakia

Runtime:

90 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.2 (207 Reviews)

Director:

Juraj Herz

Cast:

Writer:

Jan Fleischer

Juraj Herz

Josef Nesvadba (story)

Dagmar Zelenkovè (script editor)

Fullplot:

A doctor (Marek) is shocked when his beloved nurse (Mima) signs a contract with foreign car manufacturer Ferat, in order to work for them as a rally-driver. A fellow doctor makes him believe that human blood is being used as fuel for Mima's ever winning car, but does that really work?

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