Castle, The (Das Schloß) (1997)

Date: 1997
Director: Michael Haneke
Production Company: Arte, Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR), Wega Film

Stars: Ulrich Mühe, Susanne Lothar, Frank Giering, Felix Eitner
Location(s): Styria (Austria)

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An adaptation of Franz Kafka’s unfinished novel in which a land surveyor arrives in a small village where local authorities place increasingly complicated bureaucratic obstacles in the way to prevent his access to the castle.

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The village school Teacher (Johannes Silberschneider) walks his class through the snow. IMDb advises that the production was based in Steiermark in the Austrian state of Styria but this information may refer to the 1968 film.

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K. (Ulrich Mühe) converses with the Teacher.

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The locations in this film appear to be in the same area of the town.

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On his way to the castle, K. makes his way past a group of men burning wood.

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The walk to the castle continues.

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At the castle, K. speaks with an official.

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A frustrated K. stands ouside the Herrenhof Inn.