fiction.wikisort.org - MovieFranz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life is a 1993 British short comedy film written and directed by Peter Capaldi. It stars Richard E. Grant as Franz Kafka and co-stars Ken Stott. The title refers to the name of the writer Franz Kafka and the 1946 film It's a Wonderful Life, directed by Frank Capra, and the plot takes the concept of the two to absurd depths.
1993 British film
Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life |
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Directed by | Peter Capaldi |
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Written by | Peter Capaldi |
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Produced by | Ruth Kenley-Letts |
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Starring | Richard E. Grant |
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Cinematography | Simon Maggs |
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Edited by | Nikki Clemens |
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Music by | Philip Appleby |
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Production companies |
- BBC Scotland
- The Scottish Film Production Fund
- Conundrum Films
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Release date | 1993 |
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Running time | 23 minutes |
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Country | United Kingdom |
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Language | English |
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The film features a rendition of "Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life" from the 1910 operetta Naughty Marietta.
In 1994, the short won the BAFTA Award for Best Short Film. The following year it won the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film, tying with Trevor.
Synopsis
The great writer Franz Kafka is about to write his famous 1915 work, The Metamorphosis, but inspiration is lacking, and he suffers continual interruptions.
Cast
- Richard E. Grant – Franz Kafka
- Crispin Letts – Gregor Samsa
- Ken Stott – Woland the Knifeman
- Elaine Collins – Miss Cicely
- Phyllis Logan – Frau Bunofsky
- Julie Cox – Party Girl
- Jessie Doyle – Party Girl
- Samantha Howarth – Party Girl
- Justine Luxton – Party Girl
- Laura Reiss – Party Girl
- Thea Tait – Party Girl
- Lucy Woodhouse – Party Girl
Accolades
Year | Award | Category | Recipient(s) | Result | Ref. |
1993 | BAFTA Scotland Award | Best Short Film | Peter Capaldi | Won | [1] |
Atlantic Film Festival Award | Best Live Action Film | Peter Capaldi | Won | [2] |
Best Short Film | Peter Capaldi | Won | [2] |
Best Set Design | John Beard | Won | [2] |
1994 | Angers European First Film Festival Audience Award | Short Film | Peter Capaldi | Won | [3] |
BAFTA Film Award | Best Short Film | Peter Capaldi, Ruth Kenley-Letts | Won | [4] |
Celtic Media Festival Award | Best New Director | Peter Capaldi | Won | [2] |
Vevey International Funny Film Festival Award | Prix Schwartz Best Short Film | Peter Capaldi | Won | [2] |
1995 | Academy Award | Live Action Short Film | Peter Capaldi, Ruth Kenley-Letts | Won | [5] |
References
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Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film |
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Short subject 1931–1935 | |
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Short subject 1936–1956 | |
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Short subject (live action) 1957–1973 | |
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Short film (live action) 1974–present | |
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Films | |
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Literature | |
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Comics |
- Give It Up!
- The Metamorphosis
- Introducing Kafka
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Film adaptations | |
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Film variations | |
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Novel variations |
- Insect Dreams: The Half Life of Gregor Samsa (2002)
- Kockroach (2007)
- Anxious Pleasures (2007)
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Other | |
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Novels |
- The Trial
- The Castle
- Amerika
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Short stories | 1902–1912 |
- "Shamefaced Lanky and Impure in Heart"
- "Description of a Struggle"
- "Wedding Preparations in the Country"
- "The Judgment"
- "The Stoker"
- The Metamorphosis
- "The Aeroplanes at Brescia"
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1914–1917 |
- "In the Penal Colony"
- "The Village Schoolmaster"
- "Before the Law"
- "Blumfeld, an Elderly Bachelor"
- "A Country Doctor"
- "The Hunter Gracchus"
- "The Great Wall of China"
- "A Message from the Emperor"
- "A Report to an Academy"
- "A Dream"
- "Up in the Gallery"
- "A Fratricide"
- "The Next Village"
- "A Visit to a Mine"
- "Jackals and Arabs"
- "The Bridge"
- "The Bucket Rider"
- "The New Advocate"
- "An Old Manuscript"
- "The Knock at the Manor Gate"
- "Eleven Sons"
- "My Neighbor"
- "A Crossbreed"
- "The Cares of a Family Man"
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1917–1923 |
- "The Refusal"
- "A Hunger Artist"
- "Investigations of a Dog"
- "A Little Woman"
- "The Burrow"
- "Josephine the Singer, or the Mouse Folk"
- "A Common Confusion"
- "The Truth about Sancho Panza"
- "The Silence of the Sirens"
- "Prometheus"
- "The City Coat of Arms"
- "Poseidon"
- "Fellowship"
- "At Night"
- "The Problem of Our Laws"
- "The Conscription of Troops"
- "The Test"
- "The Vulture"
- "The Helmsman"
- "The Top"
- "A Little Fable"
- "Homecoming"
- "First Sorrow"
- "The Departure"
- "Advocates"
- "The Married Couple"
- "Give It Up!"
- "On Parables"
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Short story collections |
- Contemplation
- A Country Doctor
- A Hunger Artist
- The Great Wall of China
- The Complete Stories
- The Sons
- The Penal Colony
- Parables and Paradoxes
- Dearest Father
- Description of a Struggle
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Diaries and notebooks |
- The Diaries 1910–1923
- The Blue Octavo Notebooks
- The Zürau Aphorisms
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Letters and essays |
- Letter to His Father
- Letters to Felice
- Letters to Ottla
- Letters to Milena
- Letters to Family, Friends, and Editors
- The Office Writings
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Plays | |
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На других языках
- [en] Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life
[ru] Эта замечательная жизнь Франца Кафки
«Эта замечательная жизнь Франца Кафки» (англ. Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life) — комедийный фильм, режиссёрский дебют Питера Капальди, вышедший в 1993 году. Главную роль Франца Кафки исполнил Ричард Грант. Картина удостоена премии Британской киноакадемии в номинации «Лучший короткометражный фильм», а также премии «Оскар» за «Лучший игровой короткометражный фильм».
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