THE GLORY OF LIFE

By Georg Maas, Judith Kaufmann

The romantic portrayal of the celebrated Czech author Franz Kafka, and his last love.

FACTS

Title: THE GLORY OF LIFE
Original title: Die Herrlichkeit des Lebens
Director: Georg Maas, Judith Kaufmann
Cast: Henriette Confurius, Sabin Tambrea
Genre: Drama
Duration: 98 min
Language: German
Country of origin: Germany
Scriptwriter: Michael Gutmann, Georg Maas
Cinematographer: Judith Kaufmann
Editor: Gisela Zick, Hansjörg Weißbrich
Production Company: Tempest Film Produktion GmbH, Lotus Filmproduktion GmbH
Producers: Helge Sasse, Solveig Fina, Tommy Pridnig
Production year: 2023
Budget EUR: 4.7M
Local release: 14-03-2024
Film status: Completed

Because of the power of love, the last year of Franz Kafka's life becomes his happiest. He has never before been able to allow himself to experience intimacy, he suffers from tuberculosis and is dependent on his overbearing family. But the worldly wise Dora Diamant accepts him as he is. And he accepts her. The two meet in 1923 on the Baltic Sea coast, where he is convalescing and she is working in a Jewish Volksheim. Together they go to Berlin and, when Franz's health deteriorates rapidly, to a sanatorium in Austria. Barely a year after they meet, he dies. The memory of their time together will shape Dora for the rest of her life.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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