Wer war Kafka?

Who Was Kafka?
Qui était Kafka?

Switzerland / France, January 2006
FILM, Documentary, 98 min.

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directed by
Richard Dindo
Written by
Richard Dindo
Status
In distribution

A documentary about Franz Kafka, narrated by some of his best friends – via actors – including Max Brod, Milena, Felice Bauer, Janouch, among others. Together with archive and current photographs of Prague, Dindo builds up a rich picture of the man who changed the course of modern literature.

Richard Dindo, in questa sua nuova presentazione cinematografica di uno scrittorecome "arte nella biografia", affronta la dimensione umana e letteraria di Franz Kafka, autore di alcuni libri fra i più belli e importanti del Novecento. Da quel passato ebraico-praghes emergono come fantasmi, interpretati da attori, alcuni personaggi che meglio di tutti conobbero il scrittore (i suoi amici Max Brod e Gustav Janouch, le donne amate Milena Jesenska, Felice Bauer e Dora Diamant, l'autore svizzero Max Pulver).

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World Premiere
January 2006
Original Version
German,  colour, 35mm, 98 min.
Production
Lea Produktion GmbH, Les Films d'Ici, SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen, ARTE France – Unité de Programmes Documentaires
Producer
Richard Dindo, Serge Lalou
directed by
Richard Dindo
Written by
Richard Dindo
Editing
Anne Lecour, René Zumbühl
Sound Editing
Florian Eidenbenz
Re-Recording Mix
Florian Eidenbenz
Music
Maurice Ravel
Location Sound Mix
Martin Witz, Dieter Meyer
Casting
Corinna Glaus

Cast

Ekkard Alexander Wachholz
Carl Achleitner
Irene Kugler
Peter Kaghanovitch
Hana Militka
Renata Stachovicz
Ulrich Matthes as voice of

World Sales / World Rights

World Rights
Lea Produktion GmbH

Worldwide Distribution

Switzerland
Filmcoopi Zürich AG Distribution
Release date: tba

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