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The Castle 1997 Directed by Michael Haneke Das Schloß

Michael Haneke's adaptation of Franz Kafka's unfinished novel Das Schloss. K arrives in a remote village a stranger. In attempting to establish himself there, he enters the nightmarish world of the castle bureaucracy.

Production Countries Austria , Germany
Language German
Spoken Language German
Gneres Drama , Mystery
Production Companies ARTE , BR , Wega Film
Release Date 6 September 1997
130 mins
Cast
Ulrich Mühe
Ulrich Mühe K
Susanne Lothar
Susanne Lothar Frieda
Frank Giering
Frank Giering Artur
Felix Eitner
Felix Eitner Jeremias
Nikolaus Paryla
Nikolaus Paryla Vorsteher
André Eisermann
André Eisermann Barnabas
Dörte Lyssewski
Dörte Lyssewski Olga
Inga Busch
Inga Busch Amalia
Norbert Schwientek
Norbert Schwientek Bürgel
Hans Diehl
Hans Diehl Erlanger
Birgit Linauer
Birgit Linauer Pepi
Branko Samarovski
Branko Samarovski Herrenhofwirt
Ortrud Beginnen
Ortrud Beginnen Brückenwirtin
Otto Grünmandl
Otto Grünmandl Brückenwirt
Johannes Silberschneider
Johannes Silberschneider Lehrer
Paulus Manker
Paulus Manker Momus
Martin Brambach
Martin Brambach Schwarzer
Wolfram Berger
Wolfram Berger Gerstäcker
Crew
Director
Michael Haneke
Michael Haneke
Writer
Michael Haneke
Michael Haneke
Producers
Christina Undritz
Christina Undritz
Veit Heiduschka
Veit Heiduschka
Cinematography
Jiří Štíbr
Jiří Štíbr
Editor
Andreas Prochaska
Andreas Prochaska
Production Design
Christoph Kanter
Christoph Kanter
Sound
Marc Parisotto
Marc Parisotto
Original Writer
Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka
Costume Design
Lisy Christl
Lisy Christl