Labyrinth (1991)

Film makes the creative process visible by letting its narrative flow in the mind of a foreign director who is researching a film about Franz Kafka in Prague. Based on the principle of dreams and free association, segments unfold that deal with the various points of view that Kafka's work, personality and fate offer. In the labyrinth of his mind, the fictional director projects himself into situations from the author's life, with Kafka himself as his guide. At the same time, he delves into the history of the persecution of the Jews and glimpses the monstrosity of the bureaucratic apparatus that Kafka anticipated but could not have foreseen the monstrous size and function it would grow to a few years after his death in the institutionalized genocide and overall machinery of Nazism.

Directing:
  • Jaromil Jireš

Stars:
Release Date: 1991-11-27
  • Country: XC, DE
  • Language: Český
Maximilian Schell
Maximilian Sc...
The Filmmaker
Miloš Kopecký
Miloš Kopecký
Rabbi Löw
Vlastimil Brodský
Vlastimil Bro...
Löbl
Daniel Margolius
Daniel Margol...
Simon
Milan Šimáček
Milan Šimáček
Oto Ševčík
Oto Ševčík
SS man Günther
Jiří Krejčík
Jiří Krejčík
Public prosecutor
Jana Dolanská
Jana Dolanská
Milena Jesenska
Vida Neuwirthová
Vida Neuwirth...
Grete Bloch
Martin Huba
Martin Huba
Max Brod
Jiří Adamíra
Jiří Adamíra
The Filmmaker (voice)
Ondřej Vetchý
Ondřej Vetchý
Franz Kafka (voice)
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