The Castle
Remarkable and rewarding for its extreme fidelity to Kafka's novel about a land surveyor.
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Remarkable and rewarding for its extreme fidelity to Kafka's novel about a land surveyor (or is he?) frustrated and humiliated both by the bewildering bureaucracy of the Castle and by the villagers who give him shelter, this persuasively portrays a world permeated by paranoia, impotence and guilt. Haneke's customary rigour, understatement and sense of irony make for what is arguably still the most truly Kafka-esque movie to date.
| Director | Michael Haneke |
| Cast | Ulrich Mühe, Susanne Lothar, Andrew Eisermann |
| Country | Austria |
| Year | 1997 |
| Running time | 123min |
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