The Glory of Life

The Glory of Life (2024)

Die Herrlichkeit des Lebens

Because of the power of love, the last year of Franz Kafka's life becomes his happiest. The well-known writer has never before been able to allow himself to experience intimacy, he suffers from tuberculosis and is dependent on his overbearing family. In the summer of 1923, he met Dora Diamant in the seaside resort Graal-Müritz on the Baltic Sea coast, where he is convalescing and she is working in a Jewish Volksheim. He is a man of world, the 14 years younger woman is from the deep East, he can write, she can dance. She has both feet firmly on the ground, he is always hovering a little above it. She embraces the indicative, he gets tangled up in the conjunctive. But the worldly wise Dora accepts him as he is. And he accepts her. Together they go to Berlin and when Franz's health deteriorates rapidly, to a sanatorium in Austria. They are granted a single year together until Franz Kafka's health deteriorates incurable. However their year together allows them to feel the glory of life.

Date of release
2024-03-14
TMDB
7.4 / 10 (26)
Runtime
1h 38m
Genres
Drama, Romance, History
Director
Georg Maas, Judith Kaufmann

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: The Glory of Life

The Glory of Life is a 2024 drama film directed by Judith Kaufmann and Georg Maas from a script written by Maas, Michael Gutmann and Michael Kumpfmüller based on Kumpfmüller's 2011 novel of the same name. An international co-production between Austria and Germany, the film stars Sabin Tambrea and Henriette Confurius as Franz Kafka and Dora Diamant, respectively. It was released in Germany on 14 March 2024.

Production

Principal photography took place in Vienna, Berlin, and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in 2023. TrustNordisk acquired international distribution rights to the film in June 2024.

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