The Castle (1994 film)

The Castle (Russian: Замок, romanized: Zamok) is a 1994 film directed by Aleksei Balabanov. It is the second notable screen version of Kafka’s unfinished novel The Castle. It tells of an individual desperately trying to preserve his identity while struggling against sinister and invisible bureaucrats who rule the village from inside the titular castle. The picture is noted for costumes/sets design in bruegelian style, it won Best Art Direction and Best Costumes at the 1994 Nika Awards.

The Castle
DVD cover
Directed by	Aleksei Balabanov
Written by	Franz Kafka (novel) Aleksei Balabanov
Produced by	Sergei Selyanov
Starring	Nikolay Stotsky Svetlana Pismichenko Viktor Sukhorukov Anwar Libabov
Cinematography	Sergey Yurizditsky Andrey Zhegalov
Edited by	Tamara Lipartia
Music by	Sergey Kuryokhin
Production companies	Orient Express Lenfilm National Center of Cinematography Bioskop Film Hamburg Film Fund
Release date	1994 (1994)
Running time	120 minutes
Country	Russia / Germany / France
Language	Russian

Cast

• Nikolay Stotsky – Zemlemer
• Svetlana Pismichenko – Frida
• Viktor Sukhorukov – Zemlemer's assistant Jeremiah
• Anwar Libabov – Zemlemer's assistant Arthur
• Igor Shibanov – Brunswick
• Aleksei German – Clamm
• Bolot Beyshenaliyev – village headman
• Olga Antonova – Innkeeper
• Svetlana Svirko – Olga

External links

• The Castle at IMDb