The Famous Authors Series - Franz Kafka (2008)

Synopsis: Franz Kafka remains one of the world's most enigmatic writers the modern world has produced--and likely would have killed had he lived to see the rise of he Third Reich. A Jew living in Prague,... Franz Kafka remains one of the world's most enigmatic writers the modern world has produced--and likely would have killed had he lived to see the rise of he Third Reich. A Jew living in Prague, Kafka worked for an insurance office by day and wrote at night of characters navigating bureaucratic mazes in epigrammatic stories that reflected on life's dark absurdities. This documentary examines Kafka's life and most important works, including "Metamorphosis" and THE TRIAL. [More]