A compelling story inspired by the life, work and imagination of Franz Kafka, a writer who was fascinatingly ahead of his time. A vegetarian, a workaholic, an introvert, an outsider, a lover in letters and a clerk in a nightmare. Franz is full of fantasy, humour, pain, and the inner world of the man who defined modern existential angst in his books, and who remains a mirror of our deepest fears and desires even a century after his death. Director Agnieszka Holland composes a kaleidoscope of events from fragments, dreams, letters and surviving stories. What emerges is a sensually intense portrait of a man who never stopped searching for himself - and in doing so touched something essential in all of us.
The film is being shown under the banner of the Telegraph Film Club. If you are a member of our Film Club and therefore a card holder of the Association of Czech Film Clubs or ARTER card you are entitled to a 20,- CZK discount for this event. It can only be applied when purchasing tickets on the spot upon presentation of the card.
The ACFC card is on sale at the Telegraph reception. More information about the card can be found at AČFK.cz
The ARTER card is on sale at the Moravian Theatre box office. More information about the card can be found at kmarter.cz
Czech subtitles
Lifetime / Drama / Psychological / Mystery
Czech Republic / Germany / Poland, 2025, 127 min
Directed by Agnieszka Holland
Programme subject to change.
