The Glory of Life
98 mins
Because of the power of love, the last year of Franz Kafka's life becomes his happiest. The well-known writer has never before been able to allow himself to experience intimacy, he suffers from tuberculosis and is dependent on his overbearing family. In the summer of 1923, he met Dora Diamant in the seaside resort Graal-Müritz on the Baltic Sea coast, where he is convalescing and she is working in a Jewish Volksheim. He is a man of world, the 14 years younger woman is from the deep East, he can write, she can dance. She has both feet firmly on the ground, he is always hovering a little above it. She embraces the indicative, he gets tangled up in the conjunctive. But the worldly wise Dora accepts him as he is. And he accepts her. Together they go to Berlin and when Franz's health deteriorates rapidly, to a sanatorium in Austria. They are granted a single year together until Franz Kafka's health deteriorates incurable. However their year together allows them to feel the glory of life.
Peter Moltzen
Karl Hermann
Mia Klein Salazar
Milena
Mira Griesbaum
Gerti
Lionel Hesse
Felix
Caspar Stoltenberg
Albert
Wilhelm Spillmann
Little Boy
Ida Streicher
Little Girl
Liv Adam
Dancer
Alma Creutzburg
Dancer
Yuna Diekmann
Dancer
Anouk Özdönmez
Dancer
Leah Rabaev
Dancer
Elise Schmieder
Dancer
Georg Maas
Director
Georg Maas
Screenplay
Michael Gutmann
Screenplay
Solveig Fina
Producer
Thomas Pridnig
Producer
Michael Kumpfmüller
Novel
Gisela Zick
Editor
Katharina Wöppermann
Production Design
Tanja Hausner
Costume Design
Martha Ruess
Makeup Designer
Regina Breitfellner
Makeup Designer
Anja Dihrberg
Casting Director
Paul Eisenach
Original Music Composer
Jonas Hofer
Original Music Composer
Hubertus Müll
Sound Recordist
Jürgen Schulz
Dialogue Editor
Matteo Bohé
Sound Designer
Hendrik Bleier
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Jochen Frieser
Co-Producer
Otto Fritz
Co-Producer
Andreas Fröhlich
Co-Producer
Wolfgang Stürzl
Co-Producer
Waltraud Elser-Weber
Co-Producer
Gerald Weber
Co-Producer
Clemens Wollein
Producer
Helge Sasse
Producer
Clemens Wollein
Line Producer
Solveig Fina
Line Producer
Robert Geisler
Production Manager
Markus Brinkmann
Production Manager
Andreas Thor
Production Coordinator
Eva Lotta Trojandt
Production Assistant
Reinhard Schreiber
Production Manager
Madgar Hische
First Assistant Director
Claudia Beewen
First Assistant Director
Laura Felicitas Fuchs
Second Assistant Director
Franziska Wilbrandt
Script Supervisor
Franziska Wilbrandt
Continuity
Mareike Jung
Choreographer
Gero Neumann
First Assistant Camera
Uwe Zegnotat
Second Assistant Camera
Ioana Tarchila
Steadicam Operator
Max Meißner
Video Assist Operator
Christian Schulz
Still Photographer
Christopher Saß
Key Grip
Glenn König
Key Grip
Oliver Taubrich
Assistant Grip
Florian Daubeck
Dolly Grip
Marlon Koppelmann
Dolly Grip
Christian Kuss
Digital Imaging Technician
Markus Kreuzwirth
Digital Imaging Technician
Lars Petersen
Gaffer
Christian Buhlert
Best Boy Lighting Technician
Joachim Nauen
Lighting Technician
Bela Lukac
Additional Lighting Technician
Peter Vertefeuille
Additional Lighting Technician
Felix Bünsche
Additional Lighting Technician
Eva Dürholt
Additional Lighting Technician
Maximilian Hofko
Lighting Technician
David Roschke
Electrician
David Roschke
Lighting Technician
Antoinette Höring
Assistant Production Design
Andreas Zuhr
Art Direction
Antoinette Höring
Art Direction
Birgit Esser
Set Decoration
Thomas Lehner
Set Decoration
Christine Jahn
Assistant Set Decoration
Gabriel Scheib
Assistant Set Decoration
Hauke Spaethe
Set Dresser
Friederike Berthold
Set Dresser
Kirsten Lieboldt-Longolius
Property Master
Rainer Zottele
Property Master
Antonia Beckmann
Assistant Property Master
Max Schmigalla
Property Master
Lena Polczer
Assistant Property Master
Katja Clos
Graphic Designer
Walter Kerschbaumer
Art Department Assistant
Remo Stecher
Construction Grip
Thomas Brühning
Construction Grip
Sven Kastanowicz
Construction Grip
Ferdinand Prinz
Construction Grip
Jens Döldissen
Special Effects Supervisor
Tim Haberland
Stunt Driver
Urs Fricke
Art Department Assistant
Natascha Maraval
Assistant Costume Designer
Lisa Jelem
Wardrobe Master
Anja Heger
Wardrobe Master
Vivian Händler
Wardrobe Assistant
Karin Rosemann
Wardrobe Assistant
Amelie Ziegler
Tailor
Josefine Faerber
Tailor
Luise Hecher
Tailor
Valentina Schwez
Makeup Artist
Lisa Becker
Makeup Artist
Verena Morocutti
Makeup Artist
Jasmin Wöristher
Makeup Artist
Kordula Lingler
Makeup Artist
Katrin Werger
Makeup Artist
Sophie Chudzikowski
Makeup Artist
Dana Bieler
Makeup Artist