Kafka (film)
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| Directed by | Steven Soderbergh |
| Produced by | Harry Benn Stuart Cornfeld |
| Written by | Lem Dobbs |
| Starring | Jeremy Irons Theresa Russell Joel Grey Ian Holm Jeroen Krabbé Armin Mueller-Stahl Alec Guinness |
| Music by | Cliff Martinez |
| Cinematography | Walt Lloyd |
| Editing by | Steven Soderbergh |
| Distributed by | Miramax Films |
| Release date(s) | November 15, 1991 |
| Running time | 98 min |
| Country | France, United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $11,000,000 |
Kafka is a 1991 mystery thriller film directed by Steven Soderbergh. Ostensibly a biopic, based on the life of Franz Kafka, the film blurs the lines between fact and Kafka's fiction (most notably The Castle and The Trial), creating a Kafkaesque atmosphere. It was written by Lem Dobbs, and stars Jeremy Irons in the title role, with Theresa Russell, Ian Holm, Jeroen Krabbé, Joel Grey, Jim McPhee, Armin Mueller-Stahl, and Alec Guinness.
Released after Soderbergh's critically acclaimed debut Sex, Lies, and Videotape it was the first of what would be a series of low-budget box-office disappointments. It has since become a cult film, being compared to Terry Gilliam's Brazil and David Cronenberg's Naked Lunch.[1]
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[edit] Plot summary
Set in the city of Prague of 1919, Kafka tells the tale of an insurance worker who gets involved with an underground group after one of his co-workers is murdered. The underground group, responsible for bombings all over town, attempts to thwart a secret organization that controls the major events in society. He eventually penetrates the secret organization in order to confront them.
[edit] Cast
- Jeremy Irons as Mr. Kafka
- Theresa Russell as Gabriela
- Joel Grey as Mr. Burgel
- Sir Ian Holm as Doctor Murnau
- Jeroen Krabbé as Mr. Bizzlebek
- Armin Mueller-Stahl as Inspector Grubach
- Sir Alec Guinness as Chief clerk
- Brian Glover as Castle henchman
- Keith Allen as Assistant Ludwig
- Simon McBurney as Assistant Oscar
- Robert Flemyng as Keeper of the Files
- Ion Caramitru as Solemn anarchist
- Josef Abrhám as Friend of Kafka
- Guy Fithen as Friend of Kafka
- Ondrej Havelka as Friend of Kafka
- Jerome Flynn as Castle attendant
- Ewan Stewart as Castle attendant
- Jim McPhee as Castle attendant
- Petr Jákl as Quarry labourer
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Kafka at the Internet Movie Database
- Rotten Tomatoes aggregate reviews (60%)
- Interview with Nicholas Pasquariello [1]
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