Kafka

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Kafka is a 1991 mystery thriller film directed by Steven Soderbergh that blends biographical elements of writer Franz Kafka’s life with surreal, Kafkaesque fiction.

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instanceOf film
alternateVersionTitle Mr. Kneff NERFINISHED
basedOn life of Franz Kafka
cinematographyBy Walt Lloyd NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Steven Soderbergh NERFINISHED
distributor Miramax Films
editor Steven Mirrione NERFINISHED
filmingLocation Prague NERFINISHED
followsCharacter insurance clerk
genre drama
mystery
thriller
hasBlackAndWhiteSequences true
hasColorSequences true
hasCultFollowing true
hasElement conspiracy
mysterious organization
secret police
hasMainSubject Franz Kafka NERFINISHED
hasQuality Kafkaesque
surreal
hasTheme authoritarianism
bureaucracy
identity
paranoia
language English
musicBy Cliff Martinez NERFINISHED
narrativeForm fictionalized biography
notableFor Kafkaesque visual style
blend of biography and surreal fiction
partOf Steven Soderbergh filmography
portrays Franz Kafka NERFINISHED
producer Harry Benn NERFINISHED
Scott Kramer NERFINISHED
releaseYear 1991
runtimeMinutes 98
screenwriter Lem Dobbs NERFINISHED
setting Prague NERFINISHED
starring Alec Guinness NERFINISHED
Ian Holm NERFINISHED
Jeremy Irons NERFINISHED
Joel Grey NERFINISHED
Theresa Russell NERFINISHED
timePeriodOfSetting early 20th century

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