THE CASTLE
KAFKAFEST | 17 August to 1 September 2024

THE CASTLE

Das Schloss

Year 1997
Runtime 2h 3mins
Rating TBC
Language German
Subtitles English
Director Michael Haneke
Cast Ulrich Mühe, Susanne Lothar, Frank Giering

When land surveyor K. arrives at a small village that houses a castle, local authorities refuse to allow him to enter. As he tries to convince the officials that they sent for him, they clamp down with increasingly complicated bureaucratic obstacles. This Haneke classic is based on Kafka’s 1926 absurdist novel and has never been screened in Singapore.