Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life (1993)
23m
Running Time
January 1, 1993Release Date
Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life (1993)
23m
Running Time
January 1, 1993Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
Franz Kafka has been stricken with a serious case of writer's block on Christmas Eve. He's trying to get started on his latest short story, "The Metamorphosis", but he isn't sure what his protagonist Gregor Samsa should become. As Kafka struggles with indecision, he has to contend with a loud holiday party downstairs, several unexpected guests, and a sinister knife salesman who has a bone to pick with him.
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Cast & Crew.
Richard E. Grant
Franz Kafka
Crispin Letts
Gregor Samsa
Phyllis Logan
Frau Bunofsky
Ken Stott
Woland the Knifeman
Elaine Collins
Miss Cicely
Julie Cox
Party Girl
Peter Capaldi
Director
Jessie Doyle
Party Girl
Ruth Kenley-Letts
Producer
Sammy Sheldon
Party Girl
Philip Appleby
Composer
Justine Luxton
Party Girl / Costume Assistant
Nikki Clemens
Editor
Laura Reiss
Party Girl
John Beard
ProductionDesigner
Thea Tait
Party Girl
Lucy Woodhouse
Party Girl
Richard Conway
Special Effects
Hazel Pethig
Costume Designer
Ben Scott
Assistant Art Director
Oliver Upton
Still Photographer
Steven Hall
Focus Puller
Sarah Garner
Script Supervisor
Mary Soan
Production Manager / Associate Producer / First Assistant Director
Laura Lovejoy
Foley Editor
Martyn John
Assistant Art Director
Christine Cant
Makeup Designer
Simon Maggs
Director of Photography
Sarah Morton
Sound Editor
Simon Bishop
Sound
Mark Atkins
Assistant Editor
Peter Verard
Construction Manager
Loveday Harding
Boom Operator
Alison Begg
Second Assistant Director
Sophie Francis
Third Assistant Director
Jules Chapman
Makeup Supervisor
Julia Sherborne
Set Dresser
Craig Hillier
Construction Manager
Paul Robinson
Clapper Loader
Heather Sampson
Choreographer
Details.
Wiki.
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.