Franz

Sep 25, 2025

2h 7m

★ 0.0

Overview

Award-winning director Agnieszka Holland is embarking on her most ambitious project to date, a biopic of the iconic 20th-century Czech writer Franz Kafka. Conceived as a kaleidoscopic mosaic, the film follows the imprint Kafka left on the world from his birth in 19th-century Prague to his death in post-WW1 Vienna. Franz will give the audience a brand new perspective on the life of the man behind the literary giant.

Genres

Drama

History

Production Companies

Marlene Film Production

X Filme Creative Pool

Metro Films

Telewizja Polska

Česká televize

ZDF/Arte

Canal+

Barrandov Studio

Czech Anglo Pictures

BAG Films

Films Boutique

Eurimages

Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg

DFFF

Polski Instytut Sztuki Filmowej

Franz Trailers

Cast

Franz Kafka

Idan Weiss

Milena Jesenska

Jenovéfa Boková

Hermann Kafka

Peter Kurth

Siegried Löwy

Ivan Trojan

Julie Kafka

Sandra Korzeniak

Ottla Kafka

Katharina Stark

Max Brod

Sebastian Schwarz

Oskar Baum

Aaron Friesz

Felicie Bauer

Carol Schuler

Icchak Löwy

Josef Trojan

Gesa Schermuly

Juraj Loj

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