Directed by:
Steven SoderberghScreenplay:
Lem DobbsCinematography:
Walt LloydComposer:
Cliff MartinezCast:
Jeremy Irons, Theresa Russell, Joel Grey, Ian Holm, Jeroen Krabbé, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Alec Guinness, Keith Allen, Robert Flemyng, Matyelok Gibbs (more)Plots(1)
The year is 1919, the city is Prague, a place of narrow, twisted cobblestone streets and medieval towers, casting eerie shadows at every turn. This is the world of Kafka, a man whose life is divided into two halves. By day, he is a clerk but by night, he is a writer. He is a man who keeps to himself, a man whose every day is like the last, until one day, his fellow worker and closest friend, Eduard Raban, mysteriously vanishes. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Jeremy Irons
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