The Castle (1994)
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Closely based on Franz Kafka's book "Das Schloß", the movie shares the same action on a land surveyor who is called to a village to do a job that no one seems to have ordered. Once there, he takes up the struggle against bureaucracy emanating from the castle.
- Date of release
- 1994-12-26
- TMDB
- 5.8 / 10 (36)
- Runtime
- 2h 0m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Aleksei Balabanov
Casting
- Nikolay Stotskiy — Land Surveyor
- Svetlana Pismichenko — Frida
- Anvar Libabov — Helper
- Viktor Sukhorukov — Helper
- Igor Shibanov — Brunswick
- Andrey Smirnov — teacher
- Vladislav Demchenko — Varnava
- Bolot Beyshenaliev — Village Senior
- Svetlana Svirko — Olga
- Olga Antonova — Khozyaika traktira
- Viktor Mikhaylov — Khozyain traktira
- Yury Eller — Gersteker
Interesting facts
- Awards: 1 · Nominations: 0. Including: Nika Award for Best Costume Design
The Castle 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.
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