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In the Nets of 2024-25 (Selection of feature films)
2025 Czech Republic, France, Germany, Poland 127 min. Language: Czech, German Subtitle: Czech, English
SCREENINGS
I am a cage searching for a bird... Director Agnieszka Holland (Charlatan) returns to the Czech scene with an ambitious biographical film about Franz Kafka. One of the most influential writers of the 20th century comes to life in a unique authorial vision — a collage of dreams, letters, and memories. Who was Kafka? An introvert, workaholic, vegetarian? Or a man with a sense of humor who delighted in absurdity? The contours may be somewhat blurred, but so was his personality and work. Holland oscillates between documentary film and dream-like poetics. Where does the boundary of reality lie?
DIRECTED BY Agnieszka Holland
CAST Idan Weiss, Jenovéfa Boková, Ivan Trojan, Josef Trojan, Vladimír Javorský, Karel Dobrý, Stanislav Majer, Juraj Loj, Ondřej Malý, Anita Krausová, Emma Smetana, Jan Budař, Tomáš Dalecký, Michal Isteník, Pavel Šimčík, Filip Kaňovský, Sandra Korzeniak, Peter Kurth, Katharina Stark, Sebastian Schwarz, Gesa Schermuly, Štěpán Klán
CINEMATOGRAPHY Tomasz Naumiuk
PRODUCERS Šárka Cimbalová (Marlene Film Production), Agnieszka Holland
SCREENPLAY Marek Epstein, Agnieszka Holland
EDITING Pavel Hrdlička
CO-PRODUCER Uwe Schott (X-Filme Creative Pool ), Jorgo Narjes (X-Filme Creative Pool), Marcin Wierzchoslawski (Metro Films), Alicja Jagodzińska (Metro Films), Barrandov Studio, Telewizja Polska, Jaroslav Sedláček (Česká televize), Polish Film Insitute, Canal +, Czech Anglo Production, NeoSynCon, David Grumbach (Bac Films), Alexis Hofmann (Bac Films)
