Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life

Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life

1993•23m•6.9/10

ComedyFantasy

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.9/10(30)

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.

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Production

The Scottish Film Production Fund, BBC, Conundrum Films

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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

Thea Tait

Party Girl

Lucy Woodhouse

Party Girl

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