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starring: Jeremy Irons, Theresa Russell, Joel Grey, Ian Holm, Jeroen Krabbédirected by: Steven Soderbergh
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786302622942
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
ISBN: 6302622948
Label: Paramount
Manufacturer: Paramount
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Paramount
Release Date: April 03, 2001
Running Time: 100 minutes
Sales Rank: 6984
Studio: Paramount
Theatrical Release Date: November 15, 1991
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Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
The sophomore effort by Steven Soderbergh (sex, lies, and videotape) is an audacious and stylistically impressive experiment in a completely different direction from his debut. Working from a script by Lem Dobbs, Soderbergh follows the miserable day-to-day existence of Franz Kafka (Jeremy Irons), an insurance clerk in a large, impersonal company. Hiding out in his garret at night, he writes material he assumes no one will ever read. But then he happens upon clues that make him believe there is some plot afoot to suppress thought and he follows the trail into a hidden sanctuary, at which point the film abruptly shifts from shadowy black and white to jarring color. It doesn't all work, but it is never less than intriguing, with a cast that includes Alec Guinness, Ian Holm, and Joel Grey. --Marshall Fine
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - All right, take a fictional note of this...
"KAFKA" is one of those movies that was both negelected by the audience and the critics, and very unjustifiably so. What's exactly wrong with this picture? Is it because a lot of Very Heavy-Thinking Bookreaders claim that the real Franz Kafka is untouchable, and so: not-filmable, and there for, when this is done anyway, it must be condemned even before one single frame is actually seen?
But this is not about Mr. Real Kafka, it's about Mr. Fictitious Kafka, even one without Franz as a ... Read More
Rating:  - Captivating story. You can't stop watching it.
A little off-center then your average film, it none-the-less grabs your attention. Jeremy Irons is brilliant as usual.
Rating: - must have movie.
To previous reviewer (Penny Schmitt): Go watch Red Heat or any other movie with Arnold - you will find lots of sense and a straight forward story in there, if this is what you need!
On the matter. Never have I seen anything even close to this movie. This does not mean, there is no movie better than this. This just means that "Kafka" is so incredibly different. It is stylish. Unbelievably accurate play. The sound track is gorgeous (as a matter of fact, I have not succeeded to find this soundtrack ... Read More
Rating:  - "A" for ATMOSPHERE
If understanding a writer's mind means that you want to go be in his world, this is your movie. While I am defeated by the impossibility of 'making sense' of what happens here in any real way that involves logical explanation, I believe the film well-represents the scary furnishings inside Franz Kafka's mind. It doesn't move back and forth between dream and reality. Instead, it combines the two seamlessly. Only in one scene, a 'pure' dream, does the film move into color. The rest of the time it is a beautiful, ... Read More
Rating: - where is the DVD??
'Kafka' is one of the best Sonderbergh films, and i don't really understand why it has been so underrated. This movies manages brilliantly to convey the menacing atmosphere that we sense in Franz Kafka's books, introduncing elements from 'The Trial' and 'The Castle', mostly, in an original fiction work; the actors are fabulous, the cinematographie is faultless, Jeremy Irons is perfect. A wonderful film, and i'm waiting for years for the DVD. Is there any information about the release date?
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