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The Castle (1994 film)

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Director
  
Aleksei Balabanov

Initial DVD release
  
October 25, 2007 (Russia)

Duration
  

Language
  
Russian

6.8/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Drama

Music director
  
Sergey Kuryokhin

Country
  
Russia / Germany / France

The Castle (1994 film) movie poster

Release date
  
1994

Writer
  
Aleksey Balabanov, Franz Kafka (novel), Sergey Selyanov

Cast
  
Svetlana Pismichenko
(Frida),
Nikolay Stotskiy
(Land Surveyor),
Viktor Sukhorukov
(Helper),
Andrei Smirnov
(Teacher),
Aleksei German
(Klamm)

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Story by Franz Kafka, Bureaucracy movies, Directed by Aleksei Balabanov

The Castle (Russian: Замок, Zamok) is a 1994 film directed by Aleksei Balabanov. It is the second notable screen version of Kafka’s unfinished novel The Castle. It tells of an individual desperately trying to preserve his identity while struggling against sinister and invisible bureaucrats who rule the village from inside the titular castle. The picture is noted for costumes/sets design in bruegelian style, it won Best Art Direction and Best Costumes at the 1994 Nika Awards.

Cast

  • Nikolay Stotsky – Zemlemer
  • Svetlana Pismichenko – Frida
  • Viktor Sukhorukov – Zemlemer's assistant Jeremiah
  • Anwar Libabov – Zemlemer's assistant Arthur
  • References

    The Castle (1994 film) Wikipedia
    The Castle (1994 film) IMDb The Castle (1994 film) themoviedb.org