Not to confuse anyone, I haven't seen it on any English streaming sites (so far) and I'm watching it on a Russian site in Russian (they only have it in Russian there). If I see it on English streaming sites I'll link those.
Im watching new Kafka series now and its just so much fun?? Its lovely!
Excuse my english but I love love love your blog, I can't wait to see the letter from Kafka that you post on March 31 (my birth day), you have gotten me into Kafka chokehold 💖
Thank youu💓💓 unfortunately, there is no entry on March 31 :( BUT! There is a letter and I'll reblog the whole thing and post something from it too😄
@sepulkralkreatur and i binge-watched the new kafka biopic-series, produced by german television. and i got to say - i loved it so much.
it combined the littlest details from kafka's life and also his aftermath, with his literary work - which often was linked to certain events. for those who read his work and diaries/biographies, spotting all the little references was very fun. and one of my most favourite things was probably the narrator with the reoccurring break of the fourth wall - as well as the music and collage-esque animations.
every episode was told through the perspective of significant people from kafka's life and dealt with a certain theme:
- as well as a 7th bonus-episode "kafka and me", which was more of a documental biography take with interviews, with a dog narrating the scenario and kafka's impact on our society.
joel basman did a great job at portraying franz kafka. the voice, the laugh and facial expressions being awkward all were very fitting and closing the hole, that we as readers experience towards kafka as a person.
the non-linear series served the exact atmosphere, that i associate with kafka: tragedy, humour, and the absurd. daniel kehlmann and david schalko did a great job on writing it. chapeau!
Note: “Selma Kohn Robitschek, daughter of the chief postmaster of Roztok (Roztoky), on the left bank of the Moldau, 7½ miles north of Prague. For one summer the Kafkas lived in their house, and Franz and Selma spent much time in the forest, where he would read Nietzsche aloud.”
— Franz Kafka's Letter to Selma Kohn / Letters to Friends, Family and Editors