--- title: 'The Castle (1994)' type: 'film' director: 'Aleksei Balabanov' released: '1994-12-26' runtime_minutes: 110 genres: - 'Drama' countries: - 'Germany' - 'Russia' - 'France' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-castle-1994' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111817/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # The Castle (1994) 1994 · 110 min · Drama · Germany, Russia, France Original title: Замок ## Synopsis The Castle is a 1994 film directed by Aleksei Balabanov. It is the second notable screen version of Kafka’s unfinished novel The Castle. It tells of an individual desperately trying to preserve his identity while struggling against sinister and invisible bureaucrats who rule the village from inside the titular castle. The picture is noted for costumes/sets design in Bruegelian style, it won Best Art Direction and Best Costumes at the 1994 Nika Awards. ## Credits - **Director:** [Aleksei Balabanov](https://cinepixo.com/people/aleksei-balabanov) - **Screenplay:** [Aleksei Balabanov](https://cinepixo.com/people/aleksei-balabanov), [Franz Kafka](https://cinepixo.com/people/franz-kafka), [Sergey Selyanov](https://cinepixo.com/people/sergey-selyanov) - **Original Music Composer:** [Sergey Kuryokhin](https://cinepixo.com/people/sergey-kuryokhin) - **Director of Photography:** [Andrey Zhegalov](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrey-zhegalov), [Sergey Yurizditsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/sergey-yurizditsky) ## Cast - [Viktor Sukhorukov](https://cinepixo.com/people/viktor-sukhorukov) - [Svetlana Pismichenko](https://cinepixo.com/people/svetlana-pismichenko) - [Andrey Smirnov](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrey-smirnov) as учитель - [Anvar Libabov](https://cinepixo.com/people/anvar-libabov) - [Nikolay Stotsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/nikolay-stotsky) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-castle-1994 Film facts: Wikidata (Q4185795); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.