The Castle (1968)
Das Schloß
A man comes to a small village to begin his new job as an attendant at the nearby castle. But everybody in the village claims that he surely must be mistaken, there is no need for an attendant at the castle.
- Date of release
- 1968-08-30
- TMDB
- 6.6 / 10 (7)
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
- Genres
- Mystery, Drama
- Director
- Rudolf Noelte
Casting
- Maximilian Schell — K
- Cordula Trantow — Frieda
- Helmut Qualtinger — Bürgel
- Else Ehser — Mizzi
- Karl Hellmer — Lehrer
- Benno Hoffmann — Schwarzer
- Iva Janžurová — Olga
- Georg Lehn — Barnabas
- Ilse Künkele — Lehrerin
- Friedrich Maurer — Mayor
- Hans Pössenbacher — Wirt
- Hanns Ernst Jäger — Landlord
Interesting facts
- Awards: 0 · Nominations: 1
The Castle is a 1968 West German film directed by Rudolf Noelte and starring Maximilian Schell, Cordula Trantow, Trudik Daniel and Helmut Qualtinger. It is based on the 1926 eponymous novel by Franz Kafka. The film won two German Film Awards. It was chosen as West Germany's official submission to the 44th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, but did not manage to receive a nomination. It was also listed to compete at the 1968 Cannes Film Festival, but the festival was cancelled due to the events of May 1968 in France.
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