Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life (1993)

Directed by

Peter Capaldi

Genre

comedy film, independent film, experimental film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

23 min

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 33 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A comic short film imagines Franz Kafka struggling to write the first line of his story The Metamorphosis. He is interrupted by a series of absurd and mundane events in his apartment.

whimsicalabsurddeadpanplayfulquirkylightheartedsurrealbittersweetoffbeat

What happens

Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life is a 1993 British short comedy film written and directed by Peter Capaldi. It stars Richard E. Grant as Franz Kafka and co-stars Ken Stott. The title refers to the name of the writer Franz Kafka and the 1946 film It's a Wonderful Life, directed by Frank Capra, and the plot takes the concept of the two to absurd depths. The film features a rendition of "Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life" from the 1910 operetta Naughty Marietta. In 1994, the short won the BAFTA Award for Best Short Film. The following year it won the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film, tying with Trevor. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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