Comedy · Fantasy
Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life
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.
Top Cast
Richard E. Grant
Franz Kafka
Elaine Collins
Miss Cicely
Crispin Letts
Gregor Samsa
Phyllis Logan
Frau Bunofsky
Ken Stott
Woland the Knifeman
Julie Cox
Party Girl
Jessie Doyle
Party Girl
Sammy Sheldon
Party Girl
Directed by
Peter Capaldi
Production
BBCReviews
CinemaSerf
7/101/1/2026
There’s no sign of Jimmy Stewart here, but that is about all that’s 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 that’s a bit too Freudian? How about a kangaroo? Thing is, his concentration keeps being interrupted. There’s a chap (Ken Stott) looking for his tiny pet. There’s “Miss Cicely” (Elaine Collins) having a party downstairs with a family straight out of an Ingmar Bergman film and then there’s “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 his thoughts. The expressive Grant appe
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