The Glory of Life (2024)
Because of the power of love, the last year of Franz Kafka's life becomes his happiest. The well-known writer has never before been able to allow himself to experience intimacy, he suffers from tuberculosis and is dependent on his overbearing family. In the summer of 1923, he met Dora Diamant in the seaside resort Graal-Müritz on the Baltic Sea coast, where he is convalescing and she is working in a Jewish Volksheim. He is a man of world, the 14 years younger woman is from the deep East, he can write, she can dance. She has both feet firmly on the ground, he is always hovering a little above it. She embraces the indicative, he gets tangled up in the conjunctive. But the worldly wise Dora accepts him as he is. And he accepts her. Together they go to Berlin and when Franz's health deteriorates rapidly, to a sanatorium in Austria. They are granted a single year together until Franz Kafka's health deteriorates incurable. However their year together allows them to feel the glory of life.
Directors:
Georg Maas, Judith Kaufmann.
Writers:
Georg Maas, Michael Gutmann.
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Henriette Confurius as Dora Diamant |
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Sabin Tambrea as Franz Kafka |
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Manuel Rubey as Max Brod |
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Daniela Golpashin as Elli |
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Leo Altaras as Paul |
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Klaus Huhle as Dr. Hoffmann |
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Kristian Nekrasov as Dr. Johann Kisch |
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Peter Moltzen as Karl Hermann |
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Luise Aschenbrenner as Tile |
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Alma Hasun as Ottla |
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Mia Klein Salazar as Milena |
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Michaela Caspar as Mrs. Kasulke |
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Friederike Tiefenbacher as Nurse |
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Mira Griesbaum as Gerti |
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Lionel Hesse as Felix |
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Caspar Stoltenberg as Albert |
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Wilhelm Spillmann as Little Boy |
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Ida Streicher as Little Girl |
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Liv Adam as Dancer |
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Alma Creutzburg as Dancer |
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Yuna Diekmann as Dancer |
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Anouk Özdönmez as Dancer |
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Leah Rabaev as Dancer |
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Elise Schmieder as Dancer |
| Directing | Georg Maas | Director |
| Directing | Judith Kaufmann | Director |
| Writing | Georg Maas | Screenplay |
| Writing | Michael Gutmann | Screenplay |
| Production | Solveig Fina | Producer |
| Production | Thomas Pridnig | Producer |
| Writing | Michael Kumpfmüller | Novel |
| Camera | Judith Kaufmann | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Gisela Zick | Editor |
| Editing | Hansjörg Weißbrich | Editor |
| Art | Katharina Wöppermann | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tanja Hausner | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Martha Ruess | Makeup Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Regina Breitfellner | Makeup Designer |
| Production | Anja Dihrberg | Casting Director |
| Sound | Paul Eisenach | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Jonas Hofer | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Hubertus Müll | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Jürgen Schulz | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Matteo Bohé | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Hendrik Bleier | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Production | Jochen Frieser | Co-Producer |
| Production | Otto Fritz | Co-Producer |
| Production | Andreas Fröhlich | Co-Producer |
| Production | Wolfgang Stürzl | Co-Producer |
| Production | Waltraud Elser-Weber | Co-Producer |
| Production | Gerald Weber | Co-Producer |
| Production | Clemens Wollein | Producer |
| Production | Helge Sasse | Producer |
| Production | Clemens Wollein | Line Producer |
| Production | Solveig Fina | Line Producer |
| Production | Robert Geisler | Production Manager |
| Production | Markus Brinkmann | Production Manager |
| Production | Andreas Thor | Production Coordinator |
| Production | Eva Lotta Trojandt | Production Assistant |
| Production | Reinhard Schreiber | Production Manager |
| Directing | Madgar Hische | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Claudia Beewen | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Laura Felicitas Fuchs | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Franziska Wilbrandt | Script Supervisor |
| Directing | Franziska Wilbrandt | Continuity |
| Crew | Mareike Jung | Choreographer |
| Camera | Gero Neumann | First Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Uwe Zegnotat | Second Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Ioana Tarchila | Steadicam Operator |
| Crew | Max Meißner | Video Assist Operator |
| Camera | Christian Schulz | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Christopher Saß | Key Grip |
| Camera | Glenn König | Key Grip |
| Camera | Oliver Taubrich | Assistant Grip |
| Camera | Florian Daubeck | Dolly Grip |
| Camera | Marlon Koppelmann | Dolly Grip |
| Camera | Christian Kuss | Digital Imaging Technician |
| Camera | Markus Kreuzwirth | Digital Imaging Technician |
| Lighting | Lars Petersen | Gaffer |
| Lighting | Christian Buhlert | Best Boy Lighting Technician |
| Lighting | Joachim Nauen | Lighting Technician |
| Lighting | Bela Lukac | Additional Lighting Technician |
| Lighting | Peter Vertefeuille | Additional Lighting Technician |
| Lighting | Felix Bünsche | Additional Lighting Technician |
| Lighting | Eva Dürholt | Additional Lighting Technician |
| Lighting | Maximilian Hofko | Lighting Technician |
| Lighting | David Roschke | Electrician |
| Lighting | David Roschke | Lighting Technician |
| Art | Antoinette Höring | Assistant Production Design |
| Art | Andreas Zuhr | Art Direction |
| Art | Antoinette Höring | Art Direction |
| Art | Birgit Esser | Set Decoration |
| Art | Thomas Lehner | Set Decoration |
| Art | Christine Jahn | Assistant Set Decoration |
| Art | Gabriel Scheib | Assistant Set Decoration |
| Art | Hauke Spaethe | Set Dresser |
| Art | Friederike Berthold | Set Dresser |
| Art | Kirsten Lieboldt-Longolius | Property Master |
| Art | Rainer Zottele | Property Master |
| Art | Antonia Beckmann | Assistant Property Master |
| Art | Max Schmigalla | Property Master |
| Art | Lena Polczer | Assistant Property Master |
| Art | Katja Clos | Graphic Designer |
| Art | Walter Kerschbaumer | Art Department Assistant |
| Art | Remo Stecher | Construction Grip |
| Art | Thomas Brühning | Construction Grip |
| Art | Sven Kastanowicz | Construction Grip |
| Art | Ferdinand Prinz | Construction Grip |
| Visual Effects | Jens Döldissen | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Crew | Tim Haberland | Stunt Driver |
| Art | Urs Fricke | Art Department Assistant |
| Costume & Make-Up | Natascha Maraval | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lisa Jelem | Wardrobe Master |
| Costume & Make-Up | Anja Heger | Wardrobe Master |
| Costume & Make-Up | Vivian Händler | Wardrobe Assistant |
| Costume & Make-Up | Karin Rosemann | Wardrobe Assistant |
| Costume & Make-Up | Amelie Ziegler | Tailor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Josefine Faerber | Tailor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Luise Hecher | Tailor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Valentina Schwez | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lisa Becker | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Verena Morocutti | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jasmin Wöristher | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kordula Lingler | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Katrin Werger | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sophie Chudzikowski | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Dana Bieler | Makeup Artist |
