Kafka's construction
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| Original title | Kafka's construction |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 2014 |
| length | 110 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
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| Director | Jochen Alexander Freydank |
| script | Jochen Alexander Freydank |
| production | Jochen Alexander Freydank |
| music | Rainer Oleak |
| camera | Egon Werdin |
| cut | Philipp Schmitt |
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Kafka's Der Bau is a German movie by Jochen Alexander Freydank , who also wrote the script and produced the film. It is the first film adaptation of the story Der Bau by Franz Kafka , which took 10 years to complete.
The world premiere took place on October 4, 2014 at the Busan International Film Festival . The film was then shown at various international film festivals such as the Warsaw International Film Festival (European premiere ), the Edinburgh International Film Festival or the Shanghai International Film Festival . The German premiere took place at the Max Ophüls Preis film festival on January 21, 2015; the cinema release in Germany was July 9, 2015.
action
The film transfers Franz Kafka's story of the same name to a big city of the 21st century.
The main character is - unlike in the story - not an animal, but the office worker Franz, who moves with his wife and two children into a fortress-like residential complex, which corresponds to the badger's den in the story. An increasing need for security and quiet allows him to secure the apartment against intruders and imaginary enemies. He observes and reflects on his efforts in long monologues. His constant companion is a handheld camera. While his wife and the children leave him and he loses his job, the house that Franz describes as a building is falling into disrepair . The entire district and ultimately the entire city are neglected and deserted.
The film ends in a visually powerful post-apocalyptic world in which the homeless and exhausted Franz sees himself as an age-wise builder and - literally in the story - states: "But everything remained unchanged."
Awards
- 12th Neisse Film Festival 2015: best production design
- JUPITER AWARD 2016 (nominated): Kristina Klebe (best German actress)
- Cleveland International Film Festival, 2016: Nomination
- Film Festival Max Ophüls Preis , 2015: Nomination
- Edinburgh International Film Festival , 2015: nomination
- Shanghai International Film Festival , 2015: nomination
- Festival of German Films 2015: Film Art Prize (competition entry)
- Busan International Film Festival , 2014: nomination
- Warsaw International Film Festival , 2014: nomination
Reviews
When it came to criticism, the film was met with divided opinions. On the one hand, it was received as an oppressive, visually impressive end-time fantasy with subtle wit, which could appeal not only to literature fans, but also to cineastes. The acting performance of the main actor Axel Prahl is particularly emphasized . The great strength of the film lies in the visual implementation of the generally oppressive mood and Franz's increasing madness.
On the other hand, the absurd inner space of the literary original, its interlacing of inner and outer perception, upper and lower world, creatural instinct and delusional distress have to struggle with the concreteness of the visual in the film.
The interior of the building in particular developed an aesthetically appropriate effect for Kafka, but the dynamic of Franz's social decline is not one of Kafka's preferred themes. The futility of human existence, however, is a typical Kafka accessory. Here it will be enriched by a consistent continuation up to the apocalypse.
“ Right down to the supporting roles, the building is occupied by the German elite of actors. At the same time, the film adaptation is also a successful example of the fact that a film - like architecture - needs a perfect construction in order not to collapse like a house of cards. For this Freydank wrote a script that turns the animal into a person, moves Kafka's story into the 21st century and elicits a surprisingly topicality from it. "
“Freydank finds a middle ground between pictorial opulence and chamber play-like restraint. That is astonishing, because the as yet unadapted story The Building is even more difficult to film than the novels. "
"The way Freydank films it looks spectacular"
“The film adaptation moves between psychological drama and science fiction film. She meets the unease about modernity with poetry reminiscent of the Russian filmmaker Andrei Tarkowski and the stylistic radicalism of German expressionists. "
"A catchy and gripping metaphor for the loneliness and forlornness of modern people, in cool, claustrophobic images."
“Freydank films it as technically perfect as it is monotonous: gritty, streaky, with recurring lightning effects. But despite a few macabre-comical short appearances by Josef Hader as a caretaker or Devid Striesow as a craftsman, the 110-minute film is actually just a half-silent monologue by the protagonist Franz. Axel Prahl as the brother of Franz Kafka's Josef K .. "
“Kafka's story, which has remained fragmentary, is about an animal that wants to secure its structure for the future - and perishes of paranoia. Freydank has turned it into a highly topical, visually powerful parable. Here it is an employee who settles into his prosperity, but then out of fear that someone could destroy his prosperity, which does it all by itself. "
“Fortress Europe before it is stormed, that would certainly have been an all too cheap subject. But to break paranoid, as happened here, to take a look into the collective subconscious of the western affluent bourgeoisie and to come across a lot of fears and aggression, that is remarkable - as a diagnosis of the present as well as a Kafka film. "
“Anyone who only knows Axel Prahl from television thrillers should see the great actor in this film adaptation of a Kafka story. However, it has even more to offer than its fascinating main character, who is gripped by extensive paranoia. "
watch TV
Kafka's Der Bau had its TV premiere on February 1, 2017 on ARTE.
Web links
- Kafka Construction in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Certificate of release for Kafka's Der Bau . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , January 2015 (PDF; test number: 149 572 K).
- ↑ Jochen Alexander Freydank on the film In: kafkas-der-bau.de , accessed on February 3, 2017.
- ↑ Clifford Coonan: Busan: German Short-Film Oscar Winner to Debut First Feature The Hollywood Reporter , September 23, 2014
- ↑ These are the winners of the 12th Neisse Film Festival Görlitzer Anzeiger, May 11, 2015
- ↑ Jupiter Award IMDb , accessed on February 3, 2017
- ↑ Kafka's The Burrow - Cleveland International Film Festival In: clevelandfilm.org , accessed September 18, 2017.
- ↑ Gloomy masterpiece In: ristretto.tv , accessed on September 18, 2017.
- ↑ Kafka's The Burrow In: edinburghfestival.list.co.uk , accessed September 18, 2017.
- ↑ German Films: GERMAN FOCUS IN SHANGHAI ( Memento of the original from September 25, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , german-films.de , June 9, 2015, accessed on September 18, 2017.
- ↑ The program of the 11th Festival of German Films ( Memento of the original from August 2, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Website of the Festival of German Films, May 11, 2015
- ↑ Michael Rosser: EFP reveals Busan 2014 line-up , In: screen daily , September 4, 2014, accessed on September 18, 2017.
- ↑ Peter Zander: Hard way despite Oscar. Berliner Morgenpost , July 9, 2015, accessed on September 20, 2017.
- ^ Gaby Sikorski: Kafka's Der Bau programmkino.de, accessed on February 3, 2017
- ↑ Laura Buschhaus: Axel Prahl in top form: "Kafka's The Building". Behind the wall of madness Stuttgarter Zeitung , July 11, 2015
- ↑ Gregor Torinus: Kafkas Der Bau: The Metamorphosis of Franz artechock , accessed on February 3, 2017
- ↑ Claudia Lenssen: Review of Kafka's Der Bau epd film , June 15, 2015
- ↑ Manfred Riepe: Kafkas Der Bau: Die Architektur des Zwangs filmgazette.de, accessed on February 3, 2017
- ^ Gaby Sikorski: Kafka's Der Bau programmkino.de, accessed on February 3, 2017
- ↑ WDR3 "Der Bau" or the architecture of compulsion ( Memento of the original from August 15, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , in: WDR from July 8, 2015, accessed September 11, 2015.
- ↑ Manfred Riepe: In the Labyrinth of Doubt ( Memento of the original from July 12, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , on: Psychologie heute, July 9, 2015, accessed September 12, 2015.
- ↑ Alexander Gorkow: Fear of the Outside World , in: Süddeutsche Zeitung of July 8, 2015, accessed September 12, 2015.
- ↑ Modern nightmare ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , on: 3sat of July 9, 2015, accessed September 17, 2017.
- ↑ Kafkas Der Bau ( Memento of the original from August 16, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , on: Radio 1 from July 8, 2015, accessed September 12, 2015.
- ↑ : The ruin builder , on: Tagesspiegel , July 8, 2015, accessed September 12, 2017.
- ↑ Peter Zander: Hard way despite Oscar: Freydank filmed Kafka's “Der Bau” , in Berliner Morgenpost on July 9, 2015, accessed September 12, 2015.
- ↑ Gunnar Decker: Our all paranoia , in Neues Deutschland from July 9, 2015, accessed September 17, 20177.
- ↑ Laura Buschhaus: Axel Prahl in top form , in the Stuttgarter Zeitung on July 11, 2015, accessed September 17, 2017.
- ↑ ARTE: Kafkas Der Bau, February 1, 2017, 11:35 p.m. In: ARD , accessed on September 22, 2017
