Franz

TIFF 2025
Official Selection
San Sebastian 2025
Competition
Oscars 2026
Polish entry
Busan 2025
Official Selection
European Film Awards
Feature Film Selection 2026

Franz

A Film by Agnieszka Holland

2025 - Czech Republic/Germany/Poland - Biopic/Drama - 127 min.

with Idan Weiss , Peter Kurth , Jenovéfa Boková , Ivan Trojan & Sandra Korzeniak

Languages: German , Czech

Award-winning director Agnieszka Holland is embarking on her most ambitious project to date, a biopic of the iconic 20th-century Czech writer Franz Kafka. Conceived as a kaleidoscopic mosaic, the film will follow the imprint Kafka left on the world from his birth in 19th-century Prague to his death in post-WW1 Vienna. FRANZ will give the audience a brand new perspective on the life of the man behind the literary giant.

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TIFF 2025
Official Selection
San Sebastian 2025
Competition
Oscars 2026
Polish entry
Busan 2025
Official Selection
European Film Awards
Feature Film Selection 2026

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