The Castle (1997 Austrian film)

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1997 film

Das Schloß

Directed by| Michael Haneke
Written by| Michael Haneke
Franz Kafka (novel)
Based on| Das Schloss by Franz Kafka
Produced by| Veit Heiduschka
Christina Undritz
Starring| Ulrich Mühe
Susanne Lothar
Cinematography| Jirí Stibr
Edited by| Andreas Prochaska

Release dates

| February 1997 (Berlin International Film Festival)
October 1998 (USA)

Running time

| 123 minutes
Country| Austria
Language| German

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[edit]

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[edit]

Das Schloß was filmed in Styria.[1]

The film premiered at the 47th Berlin International Film Festival in February 1997.[2]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Das Schloß | filmportal.de".
2. ^ "Das Schloß | filmportal.de".

## External links[edit]

* The Castle at IMDb

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Michael Haneke

Feature films|

* 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)

Television|

* The Castle (1997)

Short films|

* Lumière and Company (segment "Michael Haneke/Vienne") (1995)

Related|

* Michael H – Profession: Director (2013)

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Adaptations of works by Franz Kafka

Films|

* The Trial (1962)
* The Castle (1968)
* The Penal Colony (1970)
* Klassenverhältnisse (1984)
* The Loves of Kafka (1988)
* Kafka (1991)
* The Trial (1993)
* Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life (1993)
* The Castle (1994)
* The Castle (1997)
* K (2002)
* Metamorphosis (2012)

Literature|

* Kafka Americana

Comics|

* Give It Up!
* The Metamorphosis
* Introducing Kafka

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Franz Kafka's The Castle

Film|

* The Castle (1968)
* The Castle (1994)
* The Castle (1997)

Related|

* Kafka
* The Prisoner

Authority control: National |

* Germany

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