how gregor samsa became a bug (canonised)

Jun 4, 2025

0h 1m

★ 5.0

Expressionism in it`s purest form

Overview

This movie expresses deep expressionism of the 20th century through it`s visuals and audio. What Kafka wanted to express in a whole 50 page book, we here expressed in 30 seconds. The so called Gregor Samsa (Samsa is actually a playword-Kafka) lays himself to sleep, as he is supernaturally awoken, through pain and angst, as an insectoid. He can now only be engulfed by this horror and scream himself only to fall asleep yet again (forever).

Genres

Horror

Animation

Thriller

Science Fiction

Fantasy

War

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Cast

Gregor Samsa

Rene Kelc

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