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The Trial

December 1962 •English

The surreal tale of an unassuming man who is accused of a never-specified crime and shambles through bizarre encounters to escape this nightmare.

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.

K

January 1954 •English

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Scurvy

January 1967 •Hungarian

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.

¡EyL!

April 2023 •Spanish

Two people have a plan and head to a party

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.

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 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.

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.

Regression

November 2021 •Russian

This is a story about a young artist who dreams big but does little to make his ideas come true. He wants to become a significant painter, however something always impedes him. His aim is to create a masterpiece. His worst enemy is himself.

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.

SapienZ

December 2024 •Portuguese

Metamorphosis

Invalid date •German