franz kafka
32 movies and shows
Franz
Thu, 25 Sep 2025
Conceived as a kaleidoscopic mosaic, the film follows the imprint Franz Kafka left on the world from his birth in 19th-century Prague to his death in post-WW1 Vienna.
Az ítélet
Sat, 01 Jan 1972
Who was Kafka?
Thu, 02 Feb 2006
Filmmaker Richard Dindo's unique documentary uses historical reenactments and speculative "interviews" of historical figures to paint a fascinating portrait of one of the most influential writers of modern literature, renowned author Franz Kafka. Best known for his novel The Metamorphosis, Kafka was famously secretive and eccentric, and the details of his private life have become just as captivating to his fans as his work.
Class Relations
Tue, 21 Feb 1984
A young man, recently arrived in New York from Europe, becomes swept up in a series of events that are beyond his knowledge or control.
The Mix-up
Sat, 21 May 1994
Ihsan is a simple employee in the Ministry of Culture from the house to the office and vice versa his work colleague Nargis loves and plans to marry him. He is surprised by one of the security authorities arrested and directed a number of charges, which does not know the cause and continues to haunt him
The Great Wall
Mon, 23 Mar 2015
‘The Great Wall has been completed at its most southerly point.’ So begins Kafka’s short story ‘At the Building of the Great Wall of China’, and so, at Europe’s heavily militarised south-eastern frontier, begins this film. In the shadow of its own narratives of freedom, Europe has been quietly building its own great wall. Like its famous Chinese precursor, this wall has been piecemeal in construction, diverse in form and dubious in utility. Gradually cohering across the continent, this system of enclosure and exclusion is urged upon a populace seemingly willing to accept its necessity and to contribute to its building.
Mohammad Saadh
Sat, 11 Mar 2023
An Art and a Short Film in which the director records his childhood experiences and memories through the mischievous activities of a boy named Mohammad Saadh.
The Trial
Sat, 25 Aug 1962
The surreal tale of an unassuming man who is accused of a never-specified crime and shambles through bizarre encounters to escape this nightmare.
The Metamorphosis
Fri, 01 Jun 2007
Pedro is a young man, carrying the weight of the world on his shoulders, but one day, he wakes up feeling different.
Before The Law
Wed, 14 Aug 2024
When a man without a family or a home arrives at a mysterious tower in a mysterious land to request to meet ‘The Law’, he is confronted by two of humanity’s greatest enemies: Time and the Truth.
The Country Doctor
Thu, 01 Jan 1953
Adaptation of a Kafka short story, believed lost for more than 60 years.
The Hunger Artist
Thu, 06 Jun 2002
Set in a city both past and present, on a deserted street where only the distant sounds of life blow by. The Hunger Artist stands alone, locked in his cage. Once famous and adored by the crowds, he now performs alone.
SapienZ
Thu, 19 Dec 2024
The Cockroach
Thu, 21 Jul 2022
The groom goes to the hairdresser to take the bride but he's been told that she has become a cockroach.
Inertia
Fri, 20 Mar 2015
During a walk in the woods a man stumbles upon a gate blocked by a guard who refuses to let him through. Gaining entry quickly becomes his obsession and only goal, to the detriment of all else, including his own physical and mental health.
Franz Kafka
Tue, 05 May 1992
A fantasy biography of Franz Kafka, bringing to life the writer's diaries and photographs.
A Hunger Artist
Mon, 23 Jan 2023
In this adaptation of Franz Kafka's story of the same name, a streamer fasts for 40 days in front of a large online audience. Thousands follow and comment on his life in his 24/7 livestream. He receives support from his manager, an avant-garde ASMR artist. Interest in his performance suddenly fizzles out when he begins a new round of fasting. With less and less of an audience, he has to look for new management, but continues to fast anyway. Left completely alone, he finally breaks his old fasting records, but unnoticed by everyone. When one last viewer appears shortly before his death, the streamer reveals why he had to fast.
The Island of the Dead
Sun, 01 Jan 2012
A soldier is about to be executed because of his disobedience. The execution will be carried out by an ancient machine which engraves a sentence (the committed crime) on a man's skin. What would happen if silent-film fan Franz Kafka were to ask FW Murnau to make a movie of his short story In the Penal Colony?
Regression
Thu, 18 Nov 2021
This is a story about a young artist who dreams big but does little to make his ideas come true. He wants to become a significant painter, however something always impedes him. His aim is to create a masterpiece. His worst enemy is himself.