Franz Kafka

Franz Kafka (July 3, 1883 – June 3, 1924) was one of the major German-language novelists and short story writers of the 20th century, most of whose works were published posthumously. Born in Prague of Jewish descent, his unique body of writing continues to challenge critics and readers alike, and attempts to classify his works are generally inadequate.

Kafka in cinema

For a full list of films The IMDb filmography

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• Orson Welles wrote and directed an adaptation of The Trial in 1962 starring Anthony Perkins. Welles considered it to be his best film.
• A film in which Jeremy Irons stars as the eponymous author was released in 1991. Directed by Steven Soderbergh, the movie mixes his life and fiction providing a semi-biographical presentation of Kafka's life and works. The story concerns Kafka investigating the disappearance of one of his work colleagues. The plot takes Kafka through many of the writer's own works, most notably The Castle and The Trial.
• Franz Kafka's 'It's a Wonderful Life' (1993) is a short film written and directed by Peter Capaldi and starring Richard E. Grant as Kafka. The film blends "Metamorphosis" with Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life with extremely amusing results.
• Another 1993 film portrayed The Trial starring Kyle MacLachlan as a self-obsessed yuppie version of J.K. with Anthony Hopkins in an overbilled cameo role.
• Metamorphosis, 1987 http://imdb.com/title/tt0093530/
• Die Verwandlung (1975) http://imdb.com/title/tt0174019/
• Förvandlingen (1976/I) http://imdb.com/title/tt0074561/
• Prevrashcheniye (2002) http://imdb.com/title/tt0328279/
• Menschenkörper http://www.menschenkoerper.de (2004)http://imdb.com/title/tt0411641/