Kafkaland

Running time: 6

In 1960, a young writer and a future film director trace Franz Kafka’s footsteps – in a village where he often visited his sister and wrote “The Castle.” They look for inspiration for a screenplay, but don’t have any success. Later, one of the two friends becomes a famous director in the USA and the other becomes a head of state. In 2019, another film team makes a journey to the same village.
 

Authors:

  • Tobias Sauer

    Born 1991 in Fulda, Germany, studied in the Film and Moving Image class at Kunsthochschule Kassel (Art University Kassel) from 2012 to 2020. His films cover a broad spectrum of essayistic, documentary and experimental forms. Among the recurring elements is an engagement with literature, film and media history as well as history in general. His short films have been shown at festivals such as Filmfest Weiterstadt, Stuttgarter Filmwinter, Festival de Cine de Huesca and IndieLisboa. They have won awards, e.g. at Lichter Filmfest Frankfurt and Festival La Cabina in Valencia. “Die Kafka-Konferenz” (“The Kafka Conference”) is his first feature-length documentary, “Kafkaland” is its prologue.
     

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