Kafka (film)
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| Directed by | Steven Soderbergh |
| Produced by | Harry Benn Stuart Cornfeld |
| Written by | Lem Dobbs |
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| Music by | Cliff Martinez |
| Cinematography | Walt Lloyd |
| Edited by | Steven Soderbergh |
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| Distributed by | Miramax Films |
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Release date
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November 15, 1991 |
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Running time
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98 minutes |
| Country | France, United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $11,000,000 |
| Box office | $1,059,071 |
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.
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 (all of which star Ian Holm).
Set in the city of Prague in 1919, Kafka tells the tale of an insurance worker 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.
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