The Castle (1994)
Closely based on Franz Kafka's book "Das Schloß", the movie shares the same action on a land surveyor who is called to a village to do a job that no one seems to have ordered. Once there, he takes up the struggle against bureaucracy emanating from the castle.
Director: Aleksei Balabanov
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Nikolay Stotskiy as Land Surveyor |
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Svetlana Pismichenko as Frida |
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Anvar Libabov as Helper |
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Viktor Sukhorukov as Helper |
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Igor Shibanov as Brunswick |
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Andrey Smirnov as teacher |
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Vladislav Demchenko as Varnava |
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Bolot Beyshenaliev as Village Senior |
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Svetlana Svirko as Olga |
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Olga Antonova as Khozyaika traktira |
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Viktor Mikhaylov as Khozyain traktira |
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Yury Eller as Gersteker |
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Richard Bogutskii as Hotel Owner |
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Irina Sokolova as Micci |
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Konstantin Demidov as Schwarzer |
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Aleksei German as Кламм |
| Directing | Aleksei Balabanov | Director |
| Production | Raisa Proskuryakova | Production Manager |
| Art | Tatyana Makarova | Assistant Production Design |
| Art | Vladimir Kartashov | Production Design |
| Art | N. Abrosimova | Set Dresser |
| Lighting | Konstantin Gurtyev | Chief Lighting Technician |
| Camera | A. Prokofyev | Assistant Camera |
| Art | N. Zykova | Set Dresser |
| Sound | Matthias Münster | Assistant Sound Engineer |
| Camera | Yu. Zverev | Assistant Camera |
| Writing | Sergei Selyanov | Writer |
| Art | O. Shirokov | Set Dresser |
| Sound | Hubert Henle | Dolby Consultant |
| Sound | Kirill Kuzmin | Sound |
| Art | Valeri Chernyavsky | Set Decoration |
| Crew | Aleksandr Pestov | Stunt Coordinator |
| Editing | Elena Karelina | Assistant Editor |
| Crew | Ye. Turchina | Stunts |
| Camera | Vladimir Trilis | Camera Operator |
| Editing | Tamara Lipartiya | Editor |
| Camera | Andrei Stepanov | Assistant Camera |
| Production | Gennadi Petelin | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Yelena Kozlova | Makeup Artist |
| Art | M. Kompaneyets | Property Master |
| Sound | Richard Borowski | Sound Engineer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nadezhda Vasileva | Costume Design |
| Directing | Vladimir Studennikov | First Assistant Director |
| Crew | Yevgeni Zmachinsky | Stunts |
| Sound | Liliya Selyukova | Sound Assistant |
| Camera | Igor Berson | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Valentin Komarov | Camera Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Galina Grushina | Makeup Artist |
| Crew | A. Pereverzev | Stunt Coordinator |
| Production | Sergei Selyanov | Producer |
| Directing | Mikhail Grigoriev | First Assistant Director |
| Writing | Aleksei Balabanov | Writer |
| Sound | Sergei Kuryokhin | Music |
| Writing | Franz Kafka | Novel |
| Camera | Sergey Yurizditskiy | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Andrei Zhegalov | Director of Photography |