The Castle (1968 film)

For other uses, see The Castle (disambiguation).

The Castle (German: Das Schloß) is a 1968 West German film directed by Rudolf Noelte and starring Maximilian Schell, Cordula Trantow, Trudik Daniel and Helmut Qualtinger. It is based on the 1926 eponymous novel by Franz Kafka. The film won two German Film Awards. It was chosen as West Germany's official submission to the 44th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, but did not manage to receive a nomination.^[1][2] It was also listed to compete at the 1968 Cannes Film Festival,^[3] but the festival was cancelled due to the events of May 1968 in France.

The Castle
Film poster
Directed by	Rudolf Noelte
Screenplay by	Rudolf Noelte Maximilian Schell
Based on	The Castle by Franz Kafka
Produced by	Rudolf Noelte Maximilian Schell
Starring	Maximilian Schell
Cinematography	Wolfgang Treu
Edited by	Dagmar Hirtz
Music by	Herbert Trantow
Production companies	Alfa Film Rudolf Noelte Filmproduktion
Distributed by	Cinema Service International Filmverleih
Release date	4 September 1968 (1968-09-04)
Running time	88 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

The film's sets were designed by the art director Hertha Hareiter.

Cast

• Maximilian Schell as 'K'
• Cordula Trantow as Frieda
• Trudik Daniel as Innkeeper's Wife
• Friedrich Maurer as Mayor
• Helmut Qualtinger as Burgel
• Else Ehser as Mizzi
• E. O. Fuhrmann as Momus
• Karl Hellmer as Schoolmaster
• Benno Hoffmann as Uniformed Man
• Hanns Ernst Jäger as Landlord
• Iva Janžurová as Olga
• Georg Lehn as Barnabas
• Leo Mally as Gerstäcker
• Franz Misar as Arthur
• Johann Misar as Jeremiah
• Armand Ozory as Erlanger
• Hans Pössenbacher as Innkeeper
• Martha Wallner as Amalia

See also

• List of submissions to the 44th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
• List of German submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film