Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life

  • Comedy
  • Fantasy
1/1/1993
23

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Franz Kafka is working on his Metamorphosis, but he's suffering from writer's block; he can't get off on the right track. While trying to decide what Gregor Samsa is going to wake up as, he is constantly interrupted by door-to-door salesmen, young women, and his own inexplicable hallucinations.

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      • Geronimo1967

        Theres no sign of Jimmy Stewart here, but that is about all thats missing from this exposé of the struggles of Franz Kafka (Richard E. Grant) as he faces writers block. His Samsa character has awoken in the morning and has been turned into a giant Banana? Well maybe thats a bit too Freudian? How about a kangaroo? Thing is, his concentration keeps being interrupted. Theres a chap (Ken Stott) looking for his tiny pet. Theres Miss Cicely (Elaine Collins) having a party downstairs with a family straight out of an Ingmar Bergman film and then theres Frau Bunofsky (Phyllis Logan) offering him something David Lynch had only recently finished using in one of his films. All of these distractions give him a clue, if only he can step back and clear hi...

        January 1, 2026

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