Az ítélet

The Trial

December 1962 •English

Josef K wakes up in the morning and finds the police in his room. They tell him that he is on trial but nobody tells him what he is accused of. In order to find out about the reason for this accusation and to protest his innocence, he tries to look behind the façade of the judicial system. But since this remains fruitless, there seems to be no chance for him to escape from this nightmare.

K

January 1954 •English

Short film adaptation of Kafka's 'The Metamorphosis'.

The Country Doctor

January 1956 •English

Adaptation of a Kafka short story, believed lost for more than 60 years.

A Hunger Artist

January 2023 •English

Inertia

March 2015 •English

During a walk in the woods a man stumbles upon a gate blocked by a guard who refuses to let him through. Gaining entry quickly becomes his obsession and only goal, to the detriment of all else, including his own physical and mental health.

Scurvy

January 1967 •Hungarian

Mohammad Saadh

March 2023 •Tamil

An Art and a Short Film in which the director records his childhood experiences and memories through the mischievous activities of a boy named Mohammad Saadh.

The Metamorphosis

June 2007 •Portuguese

Pedro is a young man, carrying the weight of the world on his shoulders, but one day, he wakes up feeling different.

¡EyL!

April 2023 •Spanish

Two people have a plan and head to a party

Metamorphosis

Invalid date •German

Franz

Invalid date •Czech

The life of Franz Kafka in a series of independent chapters: from his birth in 19th-century Prague to his final years in Berlin and death in 1924, and his imagined future.

The Metamorphosis

May 2024 •Dutch

As Gregor Samsa wakes up one morning from unsettling dreams, he finds himself transformed in his bed into a monstrous vermin.

An Imperial Message

January 1975 •Hungarian

An Imperial Message is a 1975 Hungarian experimental film directed by László Najmányi. The 'story' was based on Franz Kafka's short story Eine kaiserliche Botschaft.

Before The Law

August 2024 •English

When a man without a family or a home arrives at a mysterious tower in a mysterious land to request to meet ‘The Law’, he is confronted by two of humanity’s greatest enemies: Time and the Truth.

Regression

November 2021 •Russian

This is a story about a young artist who dreams big but does little to make his ideas come true. He wants to become a significant painter, however something always impedes him. His aim is to create a masterpiece. His worst enemy is himself.

The Judgment

April 2016 •English

Adapted from the short story by Franz Kafka, The Judgment is a psychological drama exploring themes of alienation, memory, and the lines between fantasy and reality. The film follows Georg Bendemann, a young merchant living 1900s Prague, who is struggling to maintain balance in an ever changing world. As his situation deteriorates due to complicated familial relationships, we are compelled to question the very nature of what we are seeing.

The Cockroach

July 2022 •Persian

The groom goes to the hairdresser to take the bride but he's been told that she has become a cockroach.

The Hunger Artist

June 2002 •English

Set in a city both past and present, on a deserted street where only the distant sounds of life blow by. The Hunger Artist stands alone, locked in his cage. Once famous and adored by the crowds, he now performs alone.

Who was Kafka?

February 2006 •German

Filmmaker Richard Dindo's unique documentary uses historical reenactments and speculative "interviews" of historical figures to paint a fascinating portrait of one of the most influential writers of modern literature, renowned author Franz Kafka. Best known for his novel The Metamorphosis, Kafka was famously secretive and eccentric, and the details of his private life have become just as captivating to his fans as his work.

Hasipur Ha'acharon Shel Kafka

January 2011 •Hebrew