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A land surveyor identified simply as K is summoned to a remote mountain village by the local government, known as (and housed in) "the castle." Unable to convince underlings of the legitimacy of his position, he tries to take his case to castle officials. But the more K struggles to gain entrance, the more obstructive the village's provincial bureaucracy becomes. As the absurdity of K's circumstances and the depth and intricacy of the castle's hold on the villagers grows, Haneke masterfully evokes Kafka's vision of a dystopian society hobbled by paperwork and bled dry by conformism and convolution. Using an expert cast headed by Haneke regulars Ulrich Mühe (THE LIVES OF OTHERS, FUNNY GAMES) and Susanne Lothar (THE PIANO TEACHER), and beautifully austere, Rembrandt-like visuals, Haneke transforms Kafka's unfinished novel into a potent, enigmatic, and complete film experience that is truly Kafkaesque.
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- International / European / Austrian
- Drama / Political
- Comedy / Black Comedy
- Adaptation / Literary / Prose
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A very interesting Film. I definitely want to see it a second time. Very engaging.