Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life
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Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life is a short, darkly comic film that imagines the writer Franz Kafka struggling to complete his famous novella "The Metamorphosis," blending absurdist humor with literary homage.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life canonical | 2 |
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf | short film ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardYear | 1995 ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Metamorphosis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| castMember |
Crispin Letts
NERFINISHED
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Denis Lawson NERFINISHED ⓘ Elaine Collins NERFINISHED ⓘ Gregor Fisher NERFINISHED ⓘ Ken Stott NERFINISHED ⓘ Phyllis Logan NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard E. Grant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Simon Maggs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| director | Peter Capaldi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | BBC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Trevor Waite NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | Franz Kafka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Glasgow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstBroadcastBy | BBC Two NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
absurdist fiction
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black comedy ⓘ comedy ⓘ |
| hasWikipediaPage | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Kafka%27s_It%27s_a_Wonderful_Life NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| homageTo | Franz Kafka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includesElement |
absurd interruptions
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dark humor ⓘ |
| medium | live-action ⓘ |
| musicBy | Philip Appleby NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | completion of the opening line of The Metamorphosis ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| parodies | Franz Kafka's literary style ⓘ |
| portrays | Franz Kafka struggling to write The Metamorphosis ⓘ |
| productionCompany | BBC Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1993 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 23 ⓘ |
| setting | Franz Kafka's apartment ⓘ |
| stars | Richard E. Grant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
creative process
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literary modernism ⓘ writer's block ⓘ |
| title | Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writer | Peter Capaldi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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