EFTV - 192 - Kafka (TV series)
It's been a minute f'sure, BUT 'Echoes From The Void!' #EFTV is back with the goodness!!!
We're slightly off pest today, as it's all about the literary legend, Franz Kafka! Did you know that 6th June 2024 was the 100 year anniversary of his death (3rd July 1883 — 3rd June 1924)? I didn't, but smarter people did, and so we have a new limited TV series about the man's life.
Now, due to subtitles, we only looked at the first episode (which was great), BUT, we also sat down with the director / co-writer of the piece, for an enthralling insight into the series' creation.
'Kafka' is directed by David Schalko, who co-wrote with Daniel Kehlmann based upon Reiner Stach book trilogy, 'Kafka – Die Jahre der Entscheidungen', 'Kafka – Die Jahre der Erkenntnis' & 'Kafka. Die frühen Jahre'. The story of Franz Kafka’s (Joel Basman) life from different perspectives. Presenting his difficult relationship with his domineering father Hermann (Nicholas Ofczarek), his deep friendship with Max Brod (David Kross) and his various love affairs.
Watch the conversation: HERE!
Today we have:
Kafka - Poster
Kafka
Watch Review: Here.
Berlinale: February 2024
Digital Release Date: 6th June 2024
Director: David Schalko
Cast: Joel Basman, David Kross, Nicholas Ofczarek, Marie-Lou Sellem, Maresi Riegner, Robert Stadlober, Tobias Bamborschke, Christian Friedel, Michael Maertens, Gerhard Liebmann, Raimund Wallisch, Daniel Kehlmann, Charly Hübner, Robert Palfrader, Laurence Rupp
Credit: ORF, ARD, Superfilm
Genre: Biography, Drama
Running Time: 42 mins (x 6)
Cert: 12a
Trailer: Here.
Watch via Channel 4: Here.
Watch via Chaiflicks: Here.
Watch via Ard: Here.
Watch via Orf: Here.
Website: Here.
Watch the conversation: HERE!
David Schalko
David Schalko
Director, Writer, Producer, Actor
David Schalko, author, screenwriter, director and CEO of SUPERFILM. He is regarded as the most style-defining television producer of his generation in the German-speaking world. His international TV breakthrough came with the award-winning mini-series "Braunschlag”. The series "Old Money" attracted international attention as well as "M - A City hunts a Murderer" and “Me and the Others”(Berlinale 2019, 2022). His fiction films include "Aufschneider" and "Das Wunder von Wien”. Schalko is also the author of several novels.
“We optioned Reiner Stach's outstanding biographies eight years ago, and I've been working on this project in various forms ever since. That it’s finally being realized now is due on the one hand to Daniel Kehlmann's outstanding screenplays, and on the other hand to an ideal constellation of courageous public broadcasters who not only recognize Kafka's importance, but also relish the challenge of taking a new approach to the biopic genre.” - David Schalko
Follow David via:
IMDb: Here.
Book's from David via Amazon UK: Here.
SuperFilm
Linkedin: Here.
Website: Here.
Instagram: @superfilm.produktion
YouTube: Here.
*(Music)
'Intrigued' (Instrumental) by EPMD - 2020