Movies: Franz kafka

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 life of Franz Kafka in a series of independent chapters: from his birth in 19th-century Prague to his final years in Berlin and death in 1924, and his imagined future....

‘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 n...

The groom goes to the hairdresser to take the bride but he's been told that she has become a cockroach....

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....

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. Bes...

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....

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, w...

Loosely based on Franz Kafka's novella Metamorphosis 'Swaroopa' narrates the story of Gregory Samson and his family of father, mother, sister assisted by a maid within the social transformations taking place in late colonial and early postcolonial Sr...

An Imperial Message is a 1975 Hungarian experimental film directed by László Najmányi. The 'story' was based on Franz Kafka's short story Eine kaiserliche Botschaft....

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....

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

Mr. Manager couldn't even imagine how thoroughly she has been preparing for him to pay a visit. The film is the re-imagining of Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis....

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 a...

As Gregor Samsa wakes up one morning from unsettling dreams, he finds himself transformed in his bed into a monstrous vermin....

An episodic, animated biopic of Kafka, inspired by rumors of his collection of pornography. He writes - masturbates - dies. And within him we discover ourselves....

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....

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....

Franz works for the Japanese, but makes a mistake and the corporation condemns him to wander through a harrowing virtual setting....

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 hi...