The man who made existential dread an art form finally gets his close-up.
A portrait of the German-language Czech writer Franz Kafka (1883-1924), a mysterious, strange and solitary individual, but also a visionary creator.
Direction
Šimák weaves Prague's present into Kafka's past beautifully.
Writing
Stach's expertise transforms biography into revelation.
Director
Pavel Šimák
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Rudiš represents a generation of Czech writers reclaiming Kafka from German-only interpretations, a cultural restitution decades in the making.
Stach spent 15 years on his three-volume biography, and this 52-minute film condenses what he couldn't fit in 1,500 pages.
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