Rudolf Noelte - Das Schloss AKA The Castle (1968)

Based on Franz Kafka's novel. A man comes to a small village to begin his new job as an attendant at the nearby castle. But everybody in the village claims that he surely must be mistaken, there is no need for an inspector in the castle.





La novela narra la historia del agrimensor K. en su intento imposible de acceder a un castillo cuyos propietarios le han contratado para realizar un trabajo del que ni siquiera sabe su naturaleza. K. se aloja en el pueblo vecino, a la espera de poder contactar con sus patrones, encontrándose en un microcosmos del que no entiende las normas legales ni de comportamiento.

El castillo trata sobre la alienación, la burocracia, y la frustración, aparentemente interminable, de los intentos de un hombre de oponerse al sistema. A lo largo de la obra se percibe la irracionalidad que reina dentro de este microcosmos, una psicología desesperante, que trata de acercarnos a la realidad de la época en que fue escrita; donde un individuo, menos aún uno desconocido y odiado, nada puede hacer frente a un sistema que, habiendo sido creado por hombres, no tiene nada de humano.





From the beginning of this film you feel that the atmosphere is covered with mystery.A kind of mystery absolutely different than the types you can find in classic mystery movies. An enigmatic atmosphere that becomes out from the magnificent music score,the great photography,especially at the snow scenes,the short phrases from Schell, the bureaucracy that paralyzes every desire that "k" has and every action he does in order to be a member of the castle. But most of all this film shows the unexplained suspicion that is created in a group of people who have their own rules and beliefs and they cannot accept in our society any other person.Also shows the man,the lonely person who is frustrated by other people,by fate,shows Kafka. There isn't any end,this story couldn't end.It's just a screaming at the snows,in the place that this story began.Amazing…