6.5
Summary
When land surveyor K arrives at a small village that houses a castle, local authorities refuse to allow him to enter. As he tries to convince the officials that they sent for him, they clamp down with increasingly complicated bureaucratic obstacles.
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- Friends night
- Thought-provoking
- Adults
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Cast
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Ulrich MüheK
Susanne LotharFrieda
Frank GieringArtur
Felix EitnerJeremias
Nikolaus ParylaVorsteher
André EisermannBarnabas
Dörte LyssewskiOlga
Inga BuschAmalia
Hans DiehlErlanger
Birgit LinauerPepi
Branko SamarovskiHerrenhofwirt
Ortrud BeginnenBrückenwirtin
Johannes SilberschneiderLehrer
Paulus MankerMomus
Martin BrambachSchwarzer
Wolfram BergerGerstäcker
Crew
- Directed by
- Michael Haneke
- Written by
- Michael Haneke, Franz Kafka
- Produced by
- Veit Heiduschka, Christina Undritz
- Music by
- Marc Parisotto
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Facts
September 6, 1997 · 2 h 3 min · Drama, Mystery
- Released
- September 6, 1997
- Runtime
- 2 h 3 min
- Genres
- Drama, Mystery
- Original language
- German
- Made in
- Germany, Austria, France
- Available in
- 17 countries
Tropes
Happily Married, Calling Me a Logarithm, Shown Their Work +9
Q&A
6 questions, like "Where can I stream The Castle?"
Questions about The Castle
Quick answers from GoodWatch data.
Is The Castle worth watching?
Opinions are mixed, with a GoodWatch score of 58 (IMDb 6.5).
Will I feel good after watching The Castle?
Probably not: the title analysis rates it 9 of 10 for bleakness and 6 for melancholy, against 1 for hopefulness.
Can I half-watch The Castle?
No, it needs your attention: the title analysis rates it 9 of 10 for ambiguity and 8 for complexity.
Is The Castle in English?
No, it was made in German.
What tropes does The Castle use?
TV Tropes lists 39 tropes for it, including Happily Married, Calling Me a Logarithm, and Shown Their Work.