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The Glory of Life

Film screening |

  • Goethe-Institut Thailand | Neilson Hays Library

  • Language German with English Subtitles
  • Price Free Admission
  • Part of series: Unfolding Kafka Festival 2024

The Glory of Life ©Majestic Christian

The Glory of Life ©Majestic Christian

Germany | 2024, 98 Min.
Directors: Judith Kaufmann, Georg Maas
Genre: Drama-Romance, Biography: Based on a true story in 1920s
Altersfreigabe: 7+
Writers: Georg Maas, Michael Gutmann, Michael Kumpfmüller


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, he suffers from tuberculosis and is dependent on his overbearing family. But 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.

Based on the novel of the same name by Michael Kumpfmüller, published in 2011.

Award
2024 Deutsche Filmpreis: Nominee Film Award in Gold: Best Costume Design