

27 minutes of Kafka that'll make you side-eye your family forever.
Acting
Hildebrandt's physical transformation without a single effect.
Production
Cramped apartment becomes psychological prison.
Director
Kirsten Peters
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
East German indie cinema tackling Kafka just after reunification—absurdism as political allegory for fractured identity.
Peters reportedly shot in actual cramped Berlin apartment; actor Hildebrandt developed back problems from the contorted performance.