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6.9/10   4,036 votes
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Director:
Steven Soderbergh
Writer (WGA):
Lem Dobbs (written by)
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Release Date:
15 November 1991 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller more
Plot:
Kafka, an insurance worker gets embroiled in an underground group after a co-worker is murdered. The... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win & 1 nomination more
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(6 articles)
Review: Did You Ever See... Erin Brockovich?
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Soderbergh's next a Knockout
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It's all a conspiracy... more (46 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Jeremy Irons ... Kafka

Theresa Russell ... Gabriela
Joel Grey ... Burgel

Ian Holm ... Doctor Murnau
Jeroen Krabbé ... Bizzlebek

Armin Mueller-Stahl ... Grubach

Alec Guinness ... The Chief Clerk
Brian Glover ... Castle Henchman
Keith Allen ... Assistant Ludwig

Simon McBurney ... Assistant Oscar
Robert Flemyng ... The Keeper of the Files
Matyelok Gibbs ... Concierge
Ion Caramitru ... Solemn Anarchist

Hilde Van Mieghem ... Female Anarchist
Jan Nemejovsky ... Mustachioed Anarchist
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Kafka (France)
Delitti e segreti (Italy) [it]
Kafka (Germany) [de]
Kafka (Greece) [el]
Kafka (Finland) [fi]
Kafka, la verdad oculta (Spain) [es]
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Runtime:
98 min | Germany:92 min (TV version)
Country:
France | USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby SR

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Quotes:
Oscar: It's not too bad working here, though.
Franz Kafka: You've never felt it was a horrible double life, from which there was probably no escape but insanity?
Ludwig: Yes!
Oscar: No.
Ludwig: No.
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Referenced in The Blood Pact: The Making of 'Blade II' (2002) (V) more

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22 out of 25 people found the following comment useful.
It's all a conspiracy..., 25 March 2004
10/10
Author: BroadswordCallinDannyBoy from Boston, MA

This is a really weird movie. People will instantly recognize that it is an adaptation of Franz Kafka's writing, and that's exactly what it is. It isn't an adaptation of any one book of his, but rather of his writing as a whole. All the Kafka-esquire things you'd expect are here: conspiracy, paranoia, mystery, and the like. What is so amazing that they come together absolutely fantastically. The cinematography is especially ingenious and really captures the mysterious and cryptic look and feel of a Kafka tale. The use of color and B&W is pretty simple, but very effective. In fact the whole movie is pretty simple, there are no spectacular stunts or extraordinary set pieces, just a relentless, nail-biting, suspense as Kafka searches for answers to who murdered his friend. He receives help from a supposed rebel group who talks of a secret order and conspiracy that works from the confines of a mysterious looking building outside of town, but they are soon murdered...so Kafka goes to find the truth for himself. First-rate suspense all the way. 10/10

Rated PG-13: some violence and grim content

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