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Season 1 – Kafka

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The story of 20th-century author Franz Kafka, from his turbulent and intense relationships to his tortured and creative imagination.

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David Bianculli NPR 07/25/2024
I ended up loving "Kafka," and for some of the strangest reasons... Most of all, I love the dialogue, which pulls from Kafka's writings to examine his thoughts and feelings and put them into quick exchanges which are both bizarre and funny. Go to Full Review John Anderson Wall Street Journal 06/11/2024
The approach is wry, the production design is theatrical, the situations are rendered with absurdity front and center. Go to Full Review Hugo Hernández Valdivia Cinexcepción Jul 30
The director successfully takes on the challenge and has achieved a remarkable balance in this six-part miniseries. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Hannah Brown Jerusalem Post 06/21/2024
This story of a Jewish genius trying to figure out how to make a career as a writer and come to terms with his Jewish identity in an antisemitic society is a perfect drama for today’s troubled times. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Joel Basman

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David Kross

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Liv Lisa Fries

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Lia von Blarer

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Tamara Romera Ginés

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Christian Friedel

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Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Mar 24, 2024 MAX Max Brod is a well-connected writer and editor who saves his close friend's work from oblivion by breaking his promise to burn all unpublished papers after Franz's death; Max carries them to safety on the last train out of Prague at the onset of WW2. Details Episode 2 Aired Mar 24, 2024 FELICE Kafka has a turbulent relationship with his on and off fiancée Felice Bauer; after getting to know each other mainly through letters, their engagement is broken off, renewed, only to be broken off again. Details Episode 3 Aired Mar 24, 2024 FAMILIE Kafka's father --to whom Franz will address a merciless indictment of over 100 pages, never sent in his lifetime but posthumously published as "Letter to the Father"-- is strict and domineering. Details Episode 4 Aired Mar 25, 2024 Das Büro Kafka has an ambiguous relationship with his workplace; a brilliant insurance lawyer, Kafka is highly respected by his colleagues who, at the height of WW1, save his life by preventing him from enlisting. Details Episode 5 Aired Mar 25, 2024 MILENA Kafka has a brief but intense relationship with the charismatic writer Milena Jesenská, who translated his work from German to Czech; he revealed his most intimate self to her and entrusted her with the safekeeping of his diaries. Details Episode 6 Aired Mar 25, 2024 DORA Kafka has a last great love, Dora Dymant, whom he meets in a Baltic sea resort which his imagination turns into the mythical village of his final novel "The Castle"; after moving in together to a flat in Berlin, Dora cares for Kafka until the end. Details
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Season Info

Director
David Schalko
Screenwriter
Daniel Kehlmann, David Schalko
Network
ORF1OSR
Genre
Biography, Drama
Original Language
German
Release Date
Mar 24, 2024