Kafka (1991)
Average Rating: 5.4/10
Reviews Counted: 21
Fresh: 12 | Rotten: 9
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Average Rating: 3.1/10
Critic Reviews: 5
Fresh: 0 | Rotten: 5
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Steve Soderbergh did a 180 degree turnaround from his debut film sex, lies, and videotape with Kafka, a stark art-film fable for literature majors. Jeremy Irons plays a fictional Franz Kafka, living in Prague in 1919. By day, Kafka works in a massive, impersonal insurance company. At night, he spends his time alone writing stories about men who turn into giant cockroaches. Although quiet and solitary, he becomes a suspect in a murder investigation conducted by Inspector Grubach (Armin
Jan 1, 1991 Wide
Dec 22, 1992
Paramount Home Video
Cast
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Jeremy Irons
Kafka -
Theresa Russell
Gabriela -
Joel Grey
Burgel -
Ian Holm
Dr. Murnau -
Jeroen Krabbé
Bizzlebek -
Alec Guinness
The Chief Clerk -
Armin Mueller-Stahl
Inspector Grubach -
Keith Allen
Assistant Ludwig -
Simon McBurney
Assistant Oscar -
Robert Flemyng
The Keeper of the Flies -
Toon Agterberg
Youthful Anarchist -
Karel Belohradsky
Inspector's Assistant -
Vitezsalv Bouchner
Lens Cleaner -
Ion Caramitru
Solemn Anarchist -
Guy Fithen
Friend of Kafka -
Jerome Flynn
Castle Attendant -
Brian Glover
Castle Henchman -
Vladimir Gut
Edward -
Zuzana Halustokov
Friend of Kafka -
Ondrej Havelka
Friend of Kafka -
Petr Jakl
Quarry Laborer -
Dave Jensen
The Laughing Man -
Lenka Korinkova
Friend of Kafka -
Robert Krejcik
Evil Wagon Driver -
Petr Lepsa
Friend of Kafka -
James McPhee
Castle Attendant -
Maria Miles
Anna -
Pavel Myslik
Vagrant -
Jan Nemejovsky
Mustachioed Anarchist -
David Shaw Parker
Interrogating Attendant -
Lubos Rychvalsky
Kidnapped Vagrant -
Josef Sebek
Inspector's Assistant -
Leon Silver
Friend of Kafka -
Jan Slovák
Man at Bar -
Ewan Stewart
Castle Attendant -
Frantisek Stufka
Vagrant -
Hilde Van Mieghem
Female Anarchist -
Debora Weston
Friend of Kafka -
Emil Wolk
Man Under Microscope -
Matyelok Gibbs
Concierge -
Josef Abrhám
Friend of Kafka -
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All Critics (23) | Top Critics (7) | Fresh (12) | Rotten (9) | DVD (1)
Steven Soderbergh's Kafka is a very bad well-directed movie.
Top CriticSoderbergh does demonstrate again here that he's a gifted director, however unwise in his choice of project.
A movie about Franz Kafka? It's a good idea for a microsecond. Then it dissolves into a dumb proposition.
The effect is artistic, but it's also obvious when the material cried out for unsettling.
All the Kafka basics are there for the literary types to muse over and it has great entertainment value in its unpretentious playfulness.
Soderbergh's sophomore jinx, a pastiche of styles (noir, German Expressionism) and themes (personal and political oppression), further hampered by the vastly miscast Jeremy Irons.
the film has a shallow, sophomoric earnestness
Incomprehensible but interesting.
One of Soderbergh's most fascinating films.
Overwrought over long and over indulgent
Lem Dobb's script doesn't rely on comprehension or linearity, but the whole scope of the project has its compelling root.
Quite often, the visual feast is enough to hold audience attention. But, in the end, it all feels rather empty.
A stimulating blend of biography, hypothesis, interpretation and afterthought. It's a story about the 20th century.
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