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Das Schloß (English: The Castle) is a 1997 TV film by Austrian director Michael Haneke. It is an adaptation of Franz Kafka's absurdist novel and was first aired on Austrian television, but was also released in Germany, The Czech Republic, Japan, Canada, and the USA.
Synopsis
When land surveyor K. (Ulrich Mühe) arrives at a small village that houses a castle, local authorities refuse to allow him to enter. As he tries to convince the officials that they sent for him, they clamp down with increasingly complicated bureaucratic obstacles.
References
Films directed by Michael Haneke Feature films The Seventh Continent · Benny's Video · 71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance · Funny Games (1997) · Code Unknown: Incomplete Tales of Several Journeys · The Piano Teacher · Time of the Wolf · Caché · Funny Games (2008) · The White Ribbon · LoveTelevision …Und was Kommt Danach? · Sperrmüll · Drei Wege zum See · Lemminge, Teil 1 Arkadien · Lemminge, Teil 2 Verletzungen · Variationen · Wer war Edgar Allan? · Fraulein · Nachruf für einen Mörder · Die Rebellion · Das SchloßShort films Adaptations of works by Franz Kafka Feature films The Trial (USA 1962) · The Castle (Germany 1968) · Class Relations (from Amerika; Germany 1984) · Kafka (USA 1991) · The Trial (USA 1993) · The Castle (Russia/Germany/France 1994) · The Castle (Germany 1997) · K (USA/Iran/Morocco 2002)
Short films Metamorphosis (Germany 1975) · Metamorphosis (Sweden 1976) · The Metamorphosis of Mr. Samsa (Canada 1977) · Metamorphosis (UK 1987) · Franz Kafka (Poland 1992) · Description of a Struggle (USA 1993) · Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life (UK 1993) · Zoetrope (from "In the Penal Colony"; USA 2000) · The Hunger Artist (USA 2002) · Metamorphosis (Russia 2002) · Human Body (from "A Country Doctor"; Germany 2004) · Kafka goes to the Forest (Brazil 2009) · Eleven sons (Spain 2010)
Literature Comics Give It Up! · The Metamorphosis · Introducing Kafka · Il Processo di Franz Kafka
Categories:- 1997 films
- Films directed by Michael Haneke
- German-language films
- Austrian television films
- Austrian film stubs
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