Conceived as a kaleidoscopic mosaic, the film follows the imprint Franz Kafka left on the world from his birth in 19th-century Prague to his death in post-WW1 Vienna.

Idan Weiss
as Franz Kafka

Peter Kurth
as Hermann Kafka

Katharina Stark
as Ottla Kafka

Sebastian Schwarz
as Max Brod

Carol Schuler
as Felicie Bauer

Jenovéfa Boková
as Milena Jesenska

Ivan Trojan
as Siegried Löwy

Sandra Korzeniak
as Julie Kafka

Aaron Friesz
as Oskar Baum

Daniel Dongres
as young Franz
DickVanGelder
Franz is a restless, jagged attempt to film Kafka from the inside out, and it only half succeeds. Agnieszka Holland rejects the safe, linear biopic for a collage of timelines, direct-to-camera addresses, and crash zooms that oscillate between inspired and self-indulgent. Idan Weiss gives a sharpl...