THE GLORY OF LIFE
by Judith Kaufmann, Georg Maas
synopsis
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.
international title: | The Glory of Life |
original title: | Die Herrlichkeit des Lebens |
country: | Germany |
sales agent: | TrustNordisk |
year: | 2024 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Judith Kaufmann, Georg Maas |
film run: | 98' |
release date: | DE 14/03/2024 |
screenplay: | Georg Maas, Michael Gutmann, Michael Kumpfmüller |
cast: | Henriette Confurius, Sabin Tambrea, Manuel Rubey, Daniela Golpashin, Leo Altaras, Klaus Huhle, Kristian Wanzl Nekrasov, Peter Moltzen |
cinematography by: | Judith Kaufmann |
film editing: | Hansjörg Weißbrich, Gisela Zick |
music: | Paul Eisenach |
producer: | Solveig Fina, Thomas Pridnig, Helge Sasse |
co-producer: | Andreas Fröhlich |
production: | Tempest Film, Lotus Film |
backing: | Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF) |
distributor: | Majestic Filmverleih |