Franz

Franz

2025
2h 7min

Award-winning director Agnieszka Holland is embarking on her most ambitious project to date, a biopic of the iconic 20th-century Czech writer Franz Kafka. Conceived as a kaleidoscopic mosaic, the film follows the imprint Kafka left on the world from his birth in 19th-century Prague to his death in post-WW1 Vienna. Franz will give the audience a brand new perspective on the life of the man behind the literary giant.

Franz

Storyline

Award-winning director Agnieszka Holland is embarking on her most ambitious project to date, a biopic of the iconic 20th-century Czech writer Franz Kafka. Conceived as a kaleidoscopic mosaic, the film follows the imprint Kafka left on the world from his birth in 19th-century Prague to his death in post-WW1 Vienna. Franz will give the audience a brand new perspective on the life of the man behind the literary giant.
    Released
    25 September 2025
    Runtime
    2h 7min
    Director
    Budget
    $6,500,000
    Genre
    Status
    Post Production
    Language
    Czech
    Production
    Marlene Film Production, X Filme Creative Pool, Metro Films, Telewizja Polska, Česká televize, ZDF/Arte, Canal+, Barrandov Studio, Czech Anglo Pictures, BAG Films, Films Boutique, Eurimages, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, DFFF, Polski Instytut Sztuki Filmowej
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