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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, Armin Mueller-Stahl, and Alec Guinness. It was partially filmed on location in Prague.

Kafka
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Steven Soderbergh
Written by	Lem Dobbs
Produced by	Harry Benn Stuart Cornfeld
Starring	Jeremy Irons Theresa Russell Joel Grey Ian Holm Jeroen Krabbé Armin Mueller-Stahl Alec Guinness
Cinematography	Walt Lloyd
Edited by	Steven Soderbergh
Music by	Cliff Martinez
Production companies	Baltimore Pictures Pricel Renn Productions
Distributed by	Miramax Films (United States) AMLF (France)
Release date	November 15, 1991 (1991-11-15)
Running time	98 minutes
Countries	France United States
Language	English
Budget	$11 million
Box office	$1.1 million

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]

Plot

Set in the city of Prague in 1919, Kafka tells the tale of an insurance clerk 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.

Cast

Reception

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Kafka was met with mixed reviews from critics. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 50%, based on 24 reviews. The website's consensus reads, "Kafka does not rise to the artistic success of its subject, struggling to approximate the nightmarish absurdity that defined the author's work despite thoughtful direction by Steven Soderbergh and a gorgeous black and white color palette."[2]

Alternate version

In a 2013 interview with Vulture, Soderbergh stated that the rights to the film had reverted to him and executive producer Paul Rassam, and that work had begun on a "completely different" version of the film.[3] Soderbergh reported that he and Lem Dobbs did some rewriting, inserts were shot during the making of Side Effects, and he planned to dub the film into German and release both the original and new version together.[3] In 2020, he announced he had finished the new version, and would release it as part of a box set.[4][5] The new version, titled Mr. Kneff,[6] debuted at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival.[7]

References

External links

• Kafka at IMDb
• Kafka at Rotten Tomatoes
• Kafka at Box Office Mojo

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[ru] Кафка (фильм)

«Кафка» — кинофильм Стивена Содерберга, основанный на жизни и творчестве Франца Кафки.

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