The Glory of Life
Because of the power of love, the last year of Franz Kafka’s life becomes his happiest. He has never before been able to allow himself to experience intimacy, but he is now suffering from tuberculosis and becoming dependent on his overbearing family. The worldly wise Dora Diamant accepts him as he is and he accepts her. The two meet in 1923 on the Baltic Sea coast, where he is convalescing and she is working in a Jewish Volksheim. Together they go to Berlin and, when Franz’s health deteriorates rapidly, to a sanatorium in Austria. Barely a year after they meet, he dies. The memory of their time together will shape Dora for the rest of her life.
WHY WE LIKE THIS FILM: A beautifully made European drama about one of the most important Jewish writers of the 20th century. In a Kafkaesque twist, just as he is experiencing his greatest happiness, his body is falling apart. This bittersweet romance is based on a popular German book.
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5:00 PM — Evans Performance Center at Shalom Austin
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Nov 15, 12:00 PM — Nov 24, 11:59 PM Central Standard Time (CST)
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DETAILS
YEAR: 2024
RUN TIME: 95 Minutes
LANGUAGE(S): German
SUBTITLES: English subtitles
PREMIERE STATUS: Southwest premiere
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CREDITS
DIRECTOR(S):Georg Maas, Judith Kaufmann
SCREENWRITER(S):Michael Gutmann, Michael Kumpfmüller
CAST:Henriette Confurius, Sabin Tambrea
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