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The Metamorphosis

June 2007 •Portuguese

Pedro is a young man, carrying the weight of the world on his shoulders, but one day, he wakes up feeling different.

Before The Law

August 2024 •English

When a man without a family or a home arrives at a mysterious tower in a mysterious land to request to meet ‘The Law’, he is confronted by two of humanity’s greatest enemies: Time and the Truth.

Franz

October 2025 •Czech

The life of Franz Kafka in a series of independent chapters: from his birth in 19th-century Prague to his final years in Berlin and death in 1924, and his imagined future.

Metamorphosis

Invalid date •German

Az ítélet

January 1972 •Hungarian

The Trial

December 1962 •English

Josef K wakes up in the morning and finds the police in his room. They tell him that he is on trial but nobody tells him what he is accused of. In order to find out about the reason for this accusation and to protest his innocence, he tries to look behind the façade of the judicial system. But since this remains fruitless, there seems to be no chance for him to escape from this nightmare.

The Metamorphosis

May 2024 •Dutch

As Gregor Samsa wakes up one morning from unsettling dreams, he finds himself transformed in his bed into a monstrous vermin.

The Mix-up

May 1994 •Arabic

Ihsan is a simple employee in the Ministry of Culture from the house to the office and vice versa his work colleague Nargis loves and plans to marry him. He is surprised by one of the security authorities arrested and directed a number of charges, which does not know the cause and continues to haunt him

Swaroopa

December 2014 •English

Loosely based on Franz Kafka's novella Metamorphosis 'Swaroopa' narrates the story of Gregory Samson and his family of father, mother, sister assisted by a maid within the social transformations taking place in late colonial and early postcolonial Sri Lanka.

Mohammad Saadh

March 2023 •Tamil

An Art and a Short Film in which the director records his childhood experiences and memories through the mischievous activities of a boy named Mohammad Saadh.

An Imperial Message

January 1975 •Hungarian

An Imperial Message is a 1975 Hungarian experimental film directed by László Najmányi. The 'story' was based on Franz Kafka's short story Eine kaiserliche Botschaft.

Class Relations

February 1984 •German

A young man, recently arrived in New York from Europe, becomes swept up in a series of events that are beyond his knowledge or control.

The Judgment

April 2016 •English

Adapted from the short story by Franz Kafka, The Judgment is a psychological drama exploring themes of alienation, memory, and the lines between fantasy and reality. The film follows Georg Bendemann, a young merchant living 1900s Prague, who is struggling to maintain balance in an ever changing world. As his situation deteriorates due to complicated familial relationships, we are compelled to question the very nature of what we are seeing.

The Cockroach

July 2022 •Persian

The groom goes to the hairdresser to take the bride but he's been told that she has become a cockroach.

The Country Doctor

January 1953 •English

Adaptation of a Kafka short story, believed lost for more than 60 years.

Franz Kafka

May 1992 •Polish

A fantasy biography of Franz Kafka, bringing to life the writer's diaries and photographs.

Inertia

March 2015 •English

During a walk in the woods a man stumbles upon a gate blocked by a guard who refuses to let him through. Gaining entry quickly becomes his obsession and only goal, to the detriment of all else, including his own physical and mental health.

A Hunger Artist

January 2023 •English

In this adaptation of Franz Kafka's story of the same name, a streamer fasts for 40 days in front of a large online audience. Thousands follow and comment on his life in his 24/7 livestream. He receives support from his manager, an avant-garde ASMR artist. Interest in his performance suddenly fizzles out when he begins a new round of fasting. With less and less of an audience, he has to look for new management, but continues to fast anyway. Left completely alone, he finally breaks his old fasting records, but unnoticed by everyone. When one last viewer appears shortly before his death, the streamer reveals why he had to fast.

K

January 1954 •English

Short film adaptation of Kafka's 'The Metamorphosis'.

¡EyL!

April 2023 •Spanish

Two people have a plan and head to a party