Directed by:
Steven SoderberghCinematography:
Walt LloydCast:
Jeremy Irons, Theresa Russell, Ian Holm, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Joel Grey, Jeroen Krabbé, Alec GuinnessPlots(1)
To mark the release of a DVD box set in 2021, Steven Soderbergh decided to give some of his earlier films a new lease of life. One of them was Kafka, which “morphed” into Mr. Kneff, a story set in Prague in 1919 about a writer, whose miserable job provided him with literary inspiration. The new cut is twenty minutes shorter and Soderbergh also rearranged the narrative structure and coloured certain scenes to make a clearer distinction between reality and the protagonist’s imagination. The dialogues were replaced by subtitles; the music was also altered, incorporating, among others, the instrumental version of Metallica’s song “Enter Sandman”. Mr. Kneff, arguably a film about Kafka, but now without Kafka, in comparison with the original is thus noticeably estranged and more surreal. (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival)
(more)Cast
![Jeremy Irons](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/240/163240043_8440f5.jpg)
Jeremy Irons
UK
Best movies:
The Lion King (1994)
The Mission (1986)
The Hollow Crown (2012) (series)
![Theresa Russell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269377_d65489.jpg)
Theresa Russell
USA
Best movies:
Straight Time (1978)
Empire Falls (2005) (TV movie)
Kafka (1991)
![Ian Holm](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267498_be829e.jpg)
Ian Holm
UK
Best movies:
![Armin Mueller-Stahl](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/584/164584378_6ea401.jpg)
Armin Mueller-Stahl
German Empire
Best movies:
The Game (1997)
Night on Earth (1991)
Shine (1996)
![Joel Grey](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/390/164390344_ff4d7e.jpg)
Joel Grey
USA
Best movies:
Cabaret (1972)
Dancer in the Dark (2000)
A Christmas Carol (1999) (TV movie)
![Jeroen Krabbé](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/482/163482418_a71997.jpg)
Jeroen Krabbé
Netherlands
Best movies:
The Fugitive (1993)
Dangerous Beauty (1998)
For a Lost Soldier (1992)
![Alec Guinness](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/234/164234597_fa4283.jpg)
Alec Guinness
UK
Best movies: