Karel Kopfrkingl, a Czech crematorium worker in the late 1930s, finds joy in his job and believes that cremation brings relief from earthly suffering. He is introduced to Reineke, a former World War I comrade, at a reception. Reineke encourages Kopfrkingl to emphasize his German roots, including enrolling his shy son in a German school.
The Cremator
In a desperate bid to ease humanity's pain, a mentally unstable cremator embarks on a twisted mission to rid the world of suffering through mass cremation during the tumultuous years of World War II in Central Europe.
