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Season 1

6 episodes · 26th March 2024

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01 Max still Max Episode 126th March 2024 Max Brod is a well-connected writer and editor who saves his close friend's work from oblivion by breaking his promise to burn all unpublished papers after Franz's death; Max carries them to safety on the last train out of Prague at the onset of WW2. 02 Felice still Felice Episode 226th March 2024 Kafka has a turbulent relationship with his on and off fiancée Felice Bauer; after getting to know each other mainly through letters, their engagement is broken off, renewed, only to be broken off again. 03 Family still Family Episode 326th March 2024 Kafka's father --to whom Franz will address a merciless indictment of over 100 pages, never sent in his lifetime but posthumously published as "Letter to the Father"-- is strict and domineering. 04 Bureau still Bureau Episode 427th March 2024 Kafka has an ambiguous relationship with his workplace; a brilliant insurance lawyer, Kafka is highly respected by his colleagues who, at the height of WW1, save his life by preventing him from enlisting. 05 Milena still Milena Episode 527th March 2024 Kafka has a brief but intense relationship with the charismatic writer Milena Jesenská, who translated his work from German to Czech; he revealed his most intimate self to her and entrusted her with the safekeeping of his diaries. 06 Dora still Dora Episode 627th March 2024 Kafka has a last great love, Dora Dymant, whom he meets in a Baltic sea resort which his imagination turns into the mythical village of his final novel "The Castle"; after moving in together to a flat in Berlin, Dora cares for Kafka until the end.
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01 Joel Basman profile Joel Basmanas Franz Kafka 02 David Kross profile David Krossas Max Brod 03 Maresi Riegner profile Maresi Riegneras Ottla Kafka 04 Nicholas Ofczarek profile Nicholas Ofczarekas Hermann Kafka 05 Lia von Blarer profile Lia von Blareras Felice Bauer 06 Liv Lisa Fries profile Liv Lisa Friesas Milena Jesenská 07 Tamara Romera Ginés profile Tamara Romera Ginésas Dora Dymant 08 Robert Stadlober profile Robert Stadloberas Felix Weltsch 09 Verena Altenberger profile Verena Altenbergeras Robert Musil 10 Judith Altenberger profile Judith Altenbergeras Erna Bauer 11 Anne Bennent profile Anne Bennentas Anna Bauer 12 David Schalko profile David SchalkoDirector 13 Daniel Kehlmann profile Daniel KehlmannWriter / Screenplay 14 Reiner Stach profile Reiner StachCreator
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