Before the bug, there was the breakdown — capitalism's horror prequel.
This short follows Gregor Samsa from Franz Kafka's "The Metamorphosis". It is set in the modern world and shows the events leading up to Kafka's metamorphosis. Gregor is a young man working for a textile company, who breaks down mentally after his job becomes overwhelming. He slowly loses his sanity and touch with reality.
Acting
Golo Euler's physical descent is genuinely unsettling.
Direction
Plischke makes fluorescent lighting feel like a threat.
Director
Igor Plischke
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Plischke's prequel structure brilliantly asks: what if the metamorphosis was psychological before it was physical?
Arno Frisch (Funny Games) plays the boss — Austrian cinema's prince of cruelty tormenting Kafka's victim.
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