franz kafka

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

Az ítélet

Sat, 01 Jan 1972

The Country Doctor

Thu, 01 Jan 1953

Adaptation of a Kafka short story, believed lost for more than 60 years.

Franz Kafka

Tue, 05 May 1992

A fantasy biography of Franz Kafka, bringing to life the writer's diaries and photographs.

Hasipur Ha'acharon Shel Kafka

Sat, 01 Jan 2011

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.

SapienZ

Thu, 19 Dec 2024

how gregor samsa became a bug (canonised)

Wed, 04 Jun 2025

This movie expresses deep expressionism of the 20th century through it`s visuals and audio. What Kafka wanted to express in a whole 50 page book, we here expressed in 30 seconds. The so called Gregor Samsa (Samsa is actually a playword-Kafka) lays himself to sleep, as he is supernaturally awoken, through pain and angst, as an insectoid. He can now only be engulfed by this horror and scream himself only to fall asleep yet again (forever).

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.