*Get "The Cremator" on Amazon here*
*Get The Cremator by Ladislav Fuks, translated by Eva M. Kandler on Amazon here*
On "The Cremator" (1969)
The Nazis decided the Jews would burn
A Czech man, mad and calm, would fit the bill
Party members' respect he would now earn
When he started with familial swill
Grotesque angles and characters abound
Centered on the repulsive man named Karl
A moral man easily led around
As background townspeople bicker and snarl
Haunted by the dead whom he turned to ash
Having his blood drawn to check for disease
He's too insane to think his actions rash
He's a savior, kill with conscience ease
Caskets and ovens and those graveyard walks
Disappointed with family he thinks
Visits to prostitutes mostly to talk
He combs the corpses' hair, their cheeks are pink
"The Cremator" builds on repetition
What a sigh you hear when the film is done
