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25/09/2025 Drama, History 2h 7m
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Overview

Conceived as a kaleidoscopic mosaic, the film follows the imprint Franz Kafka left on the world from his birth in 19th-century Prague to his death in post-WW1 Vienna.

  1. Marek Epstein

    Writer

  2. Agnieszka Holland

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Idan Weiss

    Franz Kafka

  2. Peter Kurth

    Hermann Kafka

  3. Katharina Stark

    Ottla Kafka

  4. Sebastian Schwarz

    Max Brod

  5. Carol Schuler

    Felicie Bauer

  6. Jenovéfa Boková

    Milena Jesenska

  7. Ivan Trojan

    Siegried Löwy

  8. Sandra Korzeniak

    Julie Kafka

  9. Aaron Friesz

    Oskar Baum

  10. View more

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Reviews

A review by DickVanGelder
Written by DickVanGelder on 2026-02-04
Franz is a restless, jagged attempt to film Kafka from the inside out, and it only half succeeds.

Agnieszka Holland rejects the safe, linear biopic for a collage of timelines, direct-to-camera addresses, and crash zooms that oscillate between inspired and self-indulgent. Idan Weiss gives a sharply nervy Kafka, twitching between embarrassment, curiosity, and dread, and the film shines whenever it simply watches him navigate family, lovers, and the suffocating bureaucracy he'd later weaponize on the page.

Franz is a restless, jagged attempt to film Kafka from the inside out, and it only ha...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
Czech

Budget
$6,500,000.00

Revenue
$721,048.00

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