Kafka works during the day at an insurance company, where events lead him to discover a mysterious underground society with strange suppressive goals.

KAFKA

1991

Kafka is a 1991 mystery thriller directed by Steven Soderbergh, and starring Jeremy Irons.

The biopic centers around the life of renowned writer Franz Kafka, the blurring the boundaries between reality and Kafka's own fictional works, notably The Castle and The Trial.

Released in the United States on December 4, 1991 and considered a box office disappointment, Kafka later became known as a cult classic, often compared to Terry Gilliam's Brazil and David Cronenberg's Naked Lunch.

MIRAMAX FILMS・1991・THRILLER・FILM・MYSTERY・BIOPIC

  • Steven Soderbergh

  • Lem Dobbs

  • Harry Benn — Producer

    Stuart Cornfeld — Producer

    Mark Johnson — Executive Producer

    Barry Levinson — Executive Producer (uncredited)

    Paul Rassam — Executive Producer

  • Kafka: Jeremy Irons

    Gabriela: Theresa Russell

    Burgel: Joel Grey

    Dr. Murnau: Ian Holm

    Bizzlebek: Jeroen Krabbé

    Inspector Grubach: Armin Mueller-Stahl

    The Chief Clerk: Alec Guinness

  • Cliff Martinez

  • Walt Lloyd

  • Steven Soderbergh

  • Susie Figgis

  • Gavin Bocquet

  • Jirí Matolín

    Leslie Tomkins

  • Joanne Woollard

  • Michael Jeffery

  • Pricel in association with Baltimore Pictures

  • Miramax

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AWARDS

  • INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARD

    BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

    Walt Lloyd

    1992