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Franz
Directed by
Agnieszka Holland
2025
2h 7m
Biography
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6.2
74%
5.9
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It narrates the life of Czech writer Franz Kafka, from his birth to his death.
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Cast of Franz
Idan Weiss
Franz Kafka
Peter Kurth
Hermann Kafka
Katharina Stark
Ottla Kafka
Sebastian Schwarz
Max Brod
Carol Schuler
Felicie Bauer
Jenovéfa Boková
Milena Jesenska
Ivan Trojan
Siegried Löwy
Sandra Korzeniak
Julie Kafka
Aaron Friesz
Oskar Baum
Daniel Dongres
young Franz
Josef Trojan
Icchak Löwy
Vladimír Javorský
ředitel pojišťovny
Gesa Schermuly
Grete Bloch
Emma Smetana
průvodkyně v muzeu Franze Kafky
Karel Dobrý
Pfohl
Ondřej Malý
manažer pojišťovny
Juraj Loj
plavčík
Jan Budař
velitel exekucí
Marika Malá
Stanislav Majer
Franz Ratings & Reviews
Kino Mania
Giuseppe Sedia
Holland does not simply insert estranging or gimmicky contemporary flourishes as Sofia Coppola did in Marie Antoinette (2006). Instead, she constructs a film in which past and present continually intermingle without collapsing into each other.
Algo Más Que Cine
Dionar Hidalgo
Fragmented yet compelling, Franz mirrors Kafka's own unease. Agnieszka Holland crafts an intimate, meta-cinematic portrait that questions legacy as much as it honors it - uneven at times, but intellectually and emotionally resonant.
FilmWeek (LAist)
Peter Rainer
I guess this is officially branded as a biopic, but it's weirder than, as one might expect from a film about Kafka, but maybe not weird enough.
The Contending
Frank J. Avella
What makes Franz work so well is the titular embodiment by handsome Idan Weiss (a dead ringer for Kafka) who has charisma to spare yet also shows us the man's feelings of sexual inadequacy as well as his insecurities about his work.
The Establishing Shot
Jeff York
It's grounded in its historical events yet countered by imagery and flights of fancy capturing the essence of Kafka's playfulness. It might just be the most idealistically-matched biography subject and film style since "All That Jazz" or "Loving Vincent."
RogerEbert.com
Robert Daniels
What we're left with is an ambitious picture that lacks a unique aim.
Deadline Hollywood Daily
Damon Wise
Franz marvels at the depth and strangeness of his intellect, which confounds his overbearing father who takes a dim view of his son's "stupid writing."
Observer
Siddhant Adlakha
Ambitious to a fault, Kafka biopic Franz is as much about the landmark Czech surrealist as it is about its own making, as a commercialized re-telling of a life cut tragically short.
Variety
Guy Lodge
For all this fevered darting and pointing, "Franz" doesn't have much of a point of view, nor much of an angle on Kafka beyond a general pronouncement of his enduring significance.
That Shelf
Alex Southey
Franz is a must-see for fans of director Agnieszka Holland, modern classic literature, German history, biopics, and historical dramas.
In Review Online
Michael Sicinski
As colossal a bellyflop as we've seen from a luminary director in several years... overstuffed with absolute nonsense.
Eye for Film
Amber Wilkinson
Playful biopic that rips up chronology and frequently tears down the fourth wall so that we're never sure if we're going to be the ones looking into the fishbowl of his life or the ones being inspected.
Loud and Clear Reviews
Nairon Santos de Morais
Agnieszka Holland has crafted one of the most unconventional biopics in recent years.
Film Festival Today
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Though the biopic genre has its cinematic limitations, Holland nevertheless delivers a movie that almost always innovates in refreshing fashion.
Pajiba
Kayleigh Donaldson
Holland has created a painting of Kafka that is lacking in key connective tissue. She aims for Kafkaesque but that's not a philosophy that gels with something as conventional as a life story. The spirit is there but the heft is lacking.
The Hollywood Reporter
Leslie Felperin
It will be newcomer Weiss' intense, playful, sweet rendition of Kafka that people will remember this film for -- a portrait of a complicated man who lived mostly in his head but was capable of tenderness with friends and lovers.
Awards Buzz
Abe Friedtanzer
As presented in this somewhat lighthearted and offbeat way, it proves only partially satisfying since it doesn't really get to the heart of his own metamorphosis and how he has impacted the literary world since his untimely death.
The Daily Beast
Nick Schager
A refreshingly eccentric spin on the staid biopic.
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