Born to a middle-class German and Yiddish–speaking Czech Jewish family in Prague in 1883, Kafka — who wrote now-celebrated novels and short stories in his brief 40 years — is universally regarded as a major figure of the 20th century. In Franz, we meet Kafka (played by Idan Weiss, who shines in his first major role) as a young man — a lawyer working in insurance — navigating his passion for literature while balancing the responsibilities of being a son and future husband in a conservative yet economically troubled society on the verge of World War I. Possessing talent for blending realism and fantasy as well as a penchant for savagely worded skewerings of bureaucracies & man — whether facing surreal predicaments or his own nature — Kafka's world was compressed by a battle with tuberculosis." Franz, also titled Franz K., is directed by acclaimed Polish filmmaker Agnieszka Holland, director of many films including Angry Harvest, To Kill a Priest, Europa Europa, Olivier Olivier, The Secret Garden, Total Eclipse, Washington Square, The Third Miracle, Copying Beethoven, In Darkness, Spoor, Mr. Jones, Charlatan, and Green Border previously.
Author: Alex Billington
Published at: 2025-11-17 22:37:16
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