Klassenverhältnisse
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| Class Relations | |
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| Directed by | Jean-Marie Straub Danièle Huillet |
| Written by | Franz Kafka(novel) |
| Starring | Christian Heinisch Mario Adorf Nazzareno Bianconi Harun Farocki |
| Cinematography | William Lubtchansky Caroline Champetier Christophe Pollock |
| Editing by | Danièle Huillet Jean-Marie Straub |
| Release date(s) | 1984 |
| Running time | 126 min. |
| Country |  Germany |
| Language | German |
| IMDb profile | |
Klassenverhältnisse, known in English as Class Relations, is a 1984 film by the French filmmaking duo of Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet. It is based on Franz Kafka's unfinished first novel, Amerika.
The German filmmaker Harun Farocki appears as one of the leads, and the film also features a cameo from American experimental filmmaker Thom Andersen.
A documentary was made about the filming process: "Jean-Marie Straub und Danièle Huillet bei der Arbeit an einem Film".
[edit] Style
As Franz Kafka never visited the United States, the film was intentionally shot in Europe, with the bulk of shooting occurring in Germany. During the opening scene, the replica of the Statue of Liberty located on the Seine is used as a stand-in for the real Statue of Liberty, and the film features prominently architecture, flora and costuming (including a policeman in a bobby helmet) that is unlikely to be found in the United States. Though Huillet and Straub are both French, the film was shot in German, the language the original book was written in.
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