Kafka

Season 1

The story of Franz Kafka's life from different perspectives. Presenting his difficult relationship with his domineering father Hermann, his deep friendship with Max Brod, and his various love affairs.

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6 Episodes

Max
E1
MaxMax Brod is a well-connected writer and editor who saves his close friend's work from oblivion by breaking his promise to burn all unpublished papers after Franz's death; Max carries them to safety on the last train out of Prague at the onset of WW2.
Felice
E2
FeliceKafka has a turbulent relationship with his on and off fiancée Felice Bauer; after getting to know each other mainly through letters, their engagement is broken off, renewed, only to be broken off again.
Family
E3
FamilyKafka's turbulent relationship with his authoritarian father Hermann, his unsent accusatory letter to him, his ties to Zionism, friendship with actor Yitzhak Löwy, and the inspiration behind his seminal work "The Metamorphosis."
Bureau
E4
BureauKafka has an ambiguous relationship with his workplace; a brilliant insurance lawyer, Kafka is highly respected by his colleagues who, at the height of WW1, save his life by preventing him from enlisting.
Milena
E5
MilenaKafka has a brief but intense relationship with the charismatic writer Milena Jesenská, who translated his work from German to Czech; he revealed his most intimate self to her and entrusted her with the safekeeping of his diaries.
Dora
E6
DoraKafka has a last great love, Dora Dymant, whom he meets in a Baltic sea resort which his imagination turns into the mythical village of his final novel "The Castle"; after moving in together to a flat in Berlin, Dora cares for Kafka until the end.