The Castle (1994 film)
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Directed by | Aleksei Balabanov |
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Cinematography | Sergey Yurizditsky |
Edited by | Tamara Lipartia |
Music by | Sergey Kuryokhin |
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Release date | 1994 |
Running time | 120 minutes |
Country | Russia / Germany / France |
Language | Russian |
The Castle (Russian: Замок, romanized: Zamok) is a 1994 film directed by Aleksei Balabanov. It is the second notable screen version of Kafka’s unfinished novel The Castle. It tells of an individual desperately trying to preserve his identity while struggling against sinister and invisible bureaucrats who rule the village from inside the titular castle. The picture is noted for costumes/sets design in bruegelian style, it won Best Art Direction and Best Costumes at the 1994 Nika Awards.[1]
Cast[]
- – Zemlemer
- – Frida
- Viktor Sukhorukov – Zemlemer's assistant Jeremiah
- – Zemlemer's assistant Arthur
- – Brunswick
- Aleksei German – Clamm
- Bolot Beyshenaliyev – village headman
- Olga Antonova – Innkeeper
References[]
External links[]
- The Castle at IMDb
Categories:
- Russian-language films
- 1994 films
- Russian films
- 1990s Russian-language films
- Films based on works by Franz Kafka
- Films directed by Aleksei Balabanov
- Films based on Czech novels
- 1994 drama films
- Works set in castles
- Lenfilm films
- Russian film stubs
- 1990s drama film stubs