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Franz

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Award-winning director Agnieszka Holland is embarking on her most ambitious project to date, a biopic of the iconic 20th-century Czech writer Franz Kafka. Conceived as a kaleidoscopic mosaic, the film will follow the imprint Kafka left on the world from his birth in 19th-century Prague to his death in post-WW1 Vienna. FRANZ will give the audience a brand new perspective on the life of the man behind the literary giant.

Critics Reviews

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Nikki Gemmell The Australian May 21
4/5
Franz changes up the form and throws down the gauntlet to other film makers. It stimulates the literature-loving cinema goer in the way Capote, Shirley, Kill Your Darlings and Emily did. Go to Full Review Peter Rainer FilmWeek (LAist) Dec 31
I guess this is officially branded as a biopic, but it's weirder than, as one might expect from a film about Kafka, but maybe not weird enough. Go to Full Review Robert Daniels RogerEbert.com Oct 22
What we’re left with is an ambitious picture that lacks a unique aim. Go to Full Review Jane Freebury Jane Freebury May 27
5/5
Complex and surreal, a playful, empathetic portrait of the elusive literary figure Go to Full Review Jim Schembri jimschembri.com May 22
3/5
Bravely, the film pits a linear narrative with touches of time travel...It’s a fine work designed for a discerning, niche audience familiar with Kafka’s work, most notably In the Penal Colony which is vividly recreated here in all its gory detail. Go to Full Review Nadine Whitney The Curb May 20
Drops breadcrumbs for the audience to follow on their own search for an author who shapeshifts in our understanding; and in adopting that openness and style, Holland has made a stunning biographical and imaginative literary work. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Audience Reviews

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Catalina O @Catalina316 2d The movie, trying to say too many things doesn’t say anything. I only appreciate the effort to cultivate the need to read and re-read Kafka so in the personal reading you might find something better. Kafka itself. See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Agnieszka Holland

Director

Idan Weiss

Franz Kafka

Peter Kurth

Actor

Jenovéfa Boková

Milena Jesenská

Sandra Korzeniak

Actor

Katharina Stark

Ottla Kafka
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Movie Info

Synopsis Award-winning director Agnieszka Holland is embarking on her most ambitious project to date, a biopic of the iconic 20th-century Czech writer Franz Kafka. Conceived as a kaleidoscopic mosaic, the film will follow the imprint Kafka left on the world from his birth in 19th-century Prague to his death in post-WW1 Vienna. FRANZ will give the audience a brand new perspective on the life of the man behind the literary giant.
Director
Agnieszka Holland
Producer
Sarka Cimbalova, Agnieszka Holland
Screenwriter
Agnieszka Holland, Marek Epstein
Production Co
Telewizja Polska (TVP), Ceská Televize, Metro Films, Canal+ Polska, Czech Anglo Productions, Bac Films, Barrandov Studio, X-Filme Creative Pool
Genre
Drama, Biography
Original Language
Czech
Runtime
2h 7m