

Franz Kafka is working on his Metamorphosis, but he's suffering from writer's block; he can't get off on the right track. While trying to decide what Gregor Samsa is going to wake up as, he is constantly interrupted by door-to-door salesmen, young women, and his own inexplicable hallucinations.

Richard E. Grant
Franz Kafka
LeadElaine Collins
Miss Cicely

Crispin Letts
Gregor Samsa

Phyllis Logan
Frau Bunofsky

Ken Stott
Woland the Knifeman

Julie Cox
Party Girl
Jessie Doyle
Party Girl

Sammy Sheldon
Party Girl
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Peter Capaldi's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
“Every frame feels alive. Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”