Das Schloß (film)

Das Schloß (English: The Castle) is a 1997 TV film by Austrian director Michael Haneke. It is an adaptation of Franz Kafka's absurdist novel and was first aired on Austrian television, but was also released in Germany, The Czech Republic, Japan, Canada, and the USA.

Synopsis

When land surveyor K. (Ulrich Mühe) arrives at a small village that houses a castle, local authorities refuse to allow him to enter. As he tries to convince the officials that they sent for him, they clamp down with increasingly complicated bureaucratic obstacles.

References

Films directed by Michael Haneke
Feature films
Television
  • …Und was Kommt Danach?
  • Sperrmüll
  • Drei Wege zum See
  • Lemminge, Teil 1 Arkadien
  • Lemminge, Teil 2 Verletzungen
  • Variationen
  • Wer war Edgar Allan?
  • Fraulein
  • Nachruf für einen Mörder
  • Die Rebellion
  • Das Schloß
Short films
Adaptations of works by Franz Kafka
Feature films
Short films
  • Metamorphosis (Germany 1975)
  • Metamorphosis (Sweden 1976)
  • The Metamorphosis of Mr. Samsa (Canada 1977)
  • Metamorphosis (UK 1987)
  • Franz Kafka (Poland 1992)
  • Description of a Struggle (USA 1993)
  • Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life (UK 1993)
  • Zoetrope (from "In the Penal Colony"; USA 2000)
  • The Hunger Artist (USA 2002)
  • Metamorphosis (Russia 2002)
  • Human Body (from "A Country Doctor"; Germany 2004)
  • Kafka goes to the Forest (Brazil 2009)
  • Eleven sons (Spain 2010)
Literature
Comics