The Oscar Selection Committee in Poland has chosen the Biopic Franz Kafka of Agnieszka Holland “Franz” as a candidate of the country for the best category of international films in the 98th Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Awards.
Holland is known for nominated films with an Oscars “Angry Harvest”, “Europa Europa” and “in the dark”.
The film depicts Kafka as a young man trapped in the nightmare of bureaucratic routine, strangely resembling the corporate world today. He is vegetarian by choice – long before he becomes current; He is the son of a domineering father and entangled in fragile relations with women.
Kafka is plunged into an existential crisis long before loneliness became a side effect of social media. Poorly understood and full of fears, he escaped in a world of irony, absurdity and imagination, creating works that made him one of the most remarkable writers of the 20th century.
German actor Idan Weiss plays Kafka, the Czech actor Jenovofa Boková is Milena Jenská, the German actor Peter Kurth (“Babylon Berlin”) represents the role of the author, Hermann, Sandra Korzeniak of Polar takes on the role of his mother, the tsse Thespian Ivan Trojan is his uncle, and actor Josef Trojan Plays Tojan is his uncle, and actor Tchèse Josef Trojan Plays Tojan is his uncle, and the actor Tchèse Josef Trojan Plays Tojan is his uncle, and the actor Tchèse Josef Trojan Plays Tojan is his uncle, and the actor Tchèse Josef Trojan Plays Tojan is his uncle, and the actor ego.
The screenwriter is Marek Epstein. Šárka Cimbalová produced through the cinematographic production of Marlene in the Czech Republic, with Holland.
It is an international co -production with the X Film Creative Pool of Germany (Uwe Schott, Jorgo Narjes) and Metro Metro films (Marcin Wierzchosławski, Alicja Jagodzińska).
The co -producers also include Barrandov Studio, Telewizja Polska, Czech television, the Polish film institute, Canal +, Anglo Czech production and neosyncle.
Jeff Field, Kevan Van Thompson, Mike Downey and Daniel Bergman are executive producers.
The film received the support of the co -production of David Grumbach and Alexis Hofmann of Bac Films and the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Türkiye.
The film was supported by the Czech audiovisual fund, Eurimages, La Prague Audiovisual Foundation, Midienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, ZDF / Arte, DFFF and the film offices of the Pilsen and Labem Nad Labem regions. Čpp and Bluetech are film partners.
The film had its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival in the special presentation section. Boutique films manages international sales.
Poland’s Oscar Selection Committee is composed of Producer Ewa Puszczynska (Fleshwoman), Screenwriter Agatha Dominik, Director of the Polish Film Institute Kamila Dorbach, Director Bartosz Konopka, Director and Screenwriter Joanna Kos-Krauze, Pianist, compose hanna raniswska Krzysztof spór, producer krzysztof terej and actor Grażyna Torbicka.
Read VarietyInterview with Holland here. The filmmaker said that she had undertaken to create a “playful” biopic. “I don’t like Kafka’s snapshot to be dark, in a bad mood and depressed,” she said.
