Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life

Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life

Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life

6.9/ 10

TMDB Rating

31

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1993

Release Year

23 min

Runtime

Comedy

Fantasy

Overview

Franz Kafka is working on his Metamorphosis, but he's suffering from writer's block; he can't get off on the right track. While trying to decide what Gregor Samsa is going to wake up as, he is constantly interrupted by door-to-door salesmen, young women, and his own inexplicable hallucinations.

Cast

Richard E. Grant

Richard E. Grant

Franz Kafka

Elaine Collins

Miss Cicely

Crispin Letts

Crispin Letts

Gregor Samsa

Phyllis Logan

Phyllis Logan

Frau Bunofsky

Ken Stott

Ken Stott

Woland the Knifeman

Julie Cox

Julie Cox

Party Girl

Jessie Doyle

Party Girl

Sammy Sheldon

Sammy Sheldon

Party Girl

Justine Luxton

Party Girl

Laura Reiss

Party Girl

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Reviews(1)

7.0avg rating

CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

January 1, 2026

7

7/10

There’s no sign of Jimmy Stewart here, but that is about all that’s missing from this exposé of the struggles of Franz Kafka (Richard E. Grant) as he faces writers block. His “Samsa” character has awoken in the morning and has been turned into a giant… Banana? Well maybe that’s a bit too Freudian? H…

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