Worldwide consumers are swooning over The Glory of Life, a really un-kafkaesque love story about Franz Kafka and his final romance.
The German-language drama, from administrators Judith Kaufmann and Georg Maas, follows the romance between Franz Kafka (Sabin Tambrea) and Dora Diamant (Henriette Confurius) within the ultimate 12 months of the famed author’s life, earlier than his dying from tuberculosis at age 40.
In contrast to most diversifications of Kafka’s work — from Orson Welles’s The Trial (1962) to Steven Soderbergh’s Kafka (1991) to The Fortress (1997) from Michael Haneke — angst and existential dread are principally absent from The Glory of Life. Based mostly on the bestselling novel by Michael Kumpfmüller, the movie focuses as a substitute on what the administrators’ declare was the happiest interval in Kafka’s life.
Menemsha Movies has picked up North American rights to The Glory of Life, with Condor taking France, Wished Cinema buying the film in Italy, Divisa Crimson in Spain and September Movie for the Benelux area. TrustNordisk, which is dealing with world gross sales on the movie, additionally closed offers for Turkey (Ozen Movie), Former Yugoslavia (Cinemania Group), Taiwan (Swallow Wings) and Australia (Transferring Story).
“This widespread curiosity is a testomony to the enduring fascination with Kafka’s extraordinary life and love story,” stated TrustNordisk managing director Susan Wendt.
The Glory of Life had its world premiere in Germany on March 14 by way of distributor Majestic Movie. The movie’s launch is timed to the a hundredth anniversary of Kafka’s dying on June 3, 1924.