---
title: 'The Castle (1968)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Rudolf Noelte'
released: '1968-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 88
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-castle-1968'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063563/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Castle (1968)

1968 · 88 min · Drama · Germany

Original title: Das Schloß

## Synopsis

The Castle is a 1968 West German film directed by Rudolf Noelte and starring Maximilian Schell, Cordula Trantow, Trudik Daniel and Helmut Qualtinger. It is based on the 1926 eponymous novel by Franz Kafka. The film won two German Film Awards. It was chosen as West Germany's official submission to the 44th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, but did not manage to receive a nomination. It was also listed to compete at the 1968 Cannes Film Festival, but the festival was cancelled due to the events of May 1968 in France.

## Credits

- **Screenplay:** [Maximilian Schell](https://cinepixo.com/people/maximilian-schell)
- **Producer:** [Maximilian Schell](https://cinepixo.com/people/maximilian-schell)
- **Director:** [Rudolf Noelte](https://cinepixo.com/people/rudolf-noelte)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Herbert Trantow](https://cinepixo.com/people/herbert-trantow)
- **Director of Photography:** [Wolfgang Treu](https://cinepixo.com/people/wolfgang-treu)

## Cast

- [Hans Pössenbacher](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-possenbacher)
- [E. O. Fuhrmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/e-o-fuhrmann)
- [Cordula Trantow](https://cinepixo.com/people/cordula-trantow)
- [Friedrich Maurer](https://cinepixo.com/people/friedrich-maurer)
- [Georg Lehn](https://cinepixo.com/people/georg-lehn)
- [Martha Wallner](https://cinepixo.com/people/martha-wallner)
- [Maximilian Schell](https://cinepixo.com/people/maximilian-schell)
- [Hanns Ernst Jaeger](https://cinepixo.com/people/hanns-ernst-jaeger)
- [Karl Hellmer](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-hellmer)
- [Else Ehser](https://cinepixo.com/people/else-ehser)
- [Iva Janžurová](https://cinepixo.com/people/iva-janzurova)
- [Ilse Künkele](https://cinepixo.com/people/ilse-kunkele)
- [Helmut Qualtinger](https://cinepixo.com/people/helmut-qualtinger)
- [Benno Hoffmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/benno-hoffmann)

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