Das Schloss

K. arrives att his new employment as surveyor in a small village, with an assignment to look over the castle. The assignment proves to be a difficult task indeed. K. is greeted by a compact reluctance from the villagers, who with a systematic inefficiency prevent him from any prospects of even approaching the castle.
A screen adaption of this Franz Kafka classic can be seen as a natural development in Michael Hanekes career. He has through a row of films engaged himself in capturing the alienation of a modern society as well as the devastating effects it has on the individual.
Once seen, none of his films can be forgotten. Take for example the collective suicide of the family in ”The Seventh Continent”, the young boy's butchering of the young girl and the parents way of handling the situation in ”Bennys Video”,
or the well-managed young man who as
a completely logigal step open fire against perfect strangers in ”71 Fragments.”
Kafka is, with his absurd yet still very realistic idea of the world, a sort of soulmate of Hanekes. Their work could pass as pessimistic but the pessimism is based on a strong belief of the possibilities of change through the means of debate.
Per Axel Nordfeldt

Premiärstatus
Skandinavisk premiär: Orig. titel
DAS SCHLOß: Medverkande
Ulrich Mühe, Susanne Lothar, Frank Giering: Producent
Veit Heiduschka: Manus
Michael Haneke, based on a novel by Frans Kafka: Foto
Jiri Stibr: Talat språk
German