Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 123 min
- Language
- German
- Country
- Germany, Austria, France
Why tonight?
- In German — subtitles on.
The story
When land surveyor K arrives at a small village that houses a castle, local authorities refuse to allow him to enter. As he tries to convince the officials that they sent for him, they clamp down with increasingly complicated bureaucratic obstacles.
- bureaucracy
- allegory
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Nikolaus Paryla — Vorsteher
- André Eisermann — Barnabas
- Dörte Lyssewski — Olga
- Inga Busch — Amalia
- Norbert Schwientek — Bürgel
- Hans Diehl — Erlanger
- Birgit Linauer — Pepi
- Branko Samarovski — Herrenhofwirt
- Ortrud Beginnen — Brückenwirtin
- Otto Grünmandl — Brückenwirt
- Johannes Silberschneider — Lehrer
- Directed
- Michael Haneke
- Written
- Michael Haneke
Production
- Rating
- 6.1 / 10 · 69 ratings
- Studio
- ARTE, Wega Film, BR, ORF, OFI, Film Fonds Wien
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
