Taglines: To solve a mystery he will enter a nightmare.
Kafka, an insurance worker gets embroiled in an underground group after a co-worker is murdered. The underground group is responsible for bombings all over town, attempting to thwart a secret organization that controls the major events in society. He eventually penetrates the secret organization and must confront them.
Kafka is a 1991 French-American mystery thriller film directed by Steven Soderbergh. Ostensibly a biopic, based on the life of Franz Kafka, the film blurs the lines between fact and Kafka’s fiction (most notably The Castle and The Trial), creating a Kafkaesque atmosphere. It was written by Lem Dobbs, and stars Jeremy Irons in the title role, with Theresa Russell, Ian Holm, Jeroen Krabbé, Joel Grey, Armin Mueller-Stahl, and Alec Guinness.
Released after Soderbergh’s critically acclaimed debut Sex, Lies, and Videotape it was the first of what would be a series of low-budget box-office disappointments. It has since become a cult film, being compared to Terry Gilliam’s Brazil and David Cronenberg’s Naked Lunch.
Kafka (1991)
Directed by: Steven Soderbergh
Starring: Jeremy Irons, Theresa Russell, Joel Grey, Ian Holm, Jeroen Krabbé, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Alec Guinness, Hilde Van Mieghem, Ion Caramitru, Brian Glover, Keith Allen
Screenplay by: Lem Dobbs
Production Design by: Gavin Bocquet
Cinematography by: Walt Lloyd
Film Editing by: Steven Soderbergh
Costume Design by: Michael Jeffery
Set Decoration by: Joanne Woollard
Art Direction by: Leslie Tomkins
Music by: Cliff Martinez
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Distributed by: Miramax Films
Release Date: November 15, 1991
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