based on novel or book

The Castle (1994)

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Closely based on Franz Kafka's book "Das Schloß", the movie shares the same action on a land surveyor who is called to a village to do a job that no one seems to have ordered. Once there, he takes up the struggle against bureaucracy emanating from the castle.

Cast & Crew

Director
Aleksey Balabanov
  • Profile picture of Nikolay Stotskiy
    Land Surveyor Nikolay Stotskiy
  • Profile picture of Svetlana Pismichenko
    Frida Svetlana Pismichenko
  • Profile picture of Viktor Sukhorukov
    Helper Viktor Sukhorukov
  • Profile picture of Igor Shibanov
    Brunswick Igor Shibanov
  • Profile picture of Andrey Smirnov
    teacher Andrey Smirnov
  • Profile picture of Vladislav Demchenko
    Varnava Vladislav Demchenko
  • Profile picture of Bolot Beyshenaliev
    Village Senior Bolot Beyshenaliev
  • Profile picture of Olga Antonova
    Khozyaika traktira Olga Antonova

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Keywords

  • based on novel or book