The Castle (1997 Austrian film)
Film by Michael Haneke
- February 1997 (1997-02) (Berlin International Film Festival)
- October 1998 (1998-10) (U.S.)
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The Castle (German: Das Schloß) is a 1997 film by Austrian director Michael Haneke. It is an adaptation of Franz Kafka's absurdist 1926 novel released theatrically in Germany, The Czech Republic, Japan, Canada, and the USA, but first shown on television in Austria.
Plot
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.
Production and release
Das Schloß was filmed in Styria.[1]
The film premiered at the 47th Berlin International Film Festival in February 1997.[2]
References
External links
- The Castle at IMDb
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Michael Haneke
- Awards and nominations
- Bibliography
- The Seventh Continent (1989)
- Benny's Video (1992)
- 71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance (1994)
- Funny Games (1997)
- Code Unknown (2000)
- The Piano Teacher (2001)
- Time of the Wolf (2003)
- Caché (2005)
- Funny Games (2007)
- The White Ribbon (2009)
- Amour (2012)
- Happy End (2017)
- The Castle (1997)
- Lumière and Company (segment "Michael Haneke/Vienne") (1995)
- Michael H – Profession: Director (2013)
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