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BBC documentary about Franz Kafka played by GREEK TV in 1990.This documentary is one of the ten films of "The Modern World: Ten Great Writers (1988)".
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Tim Roth Franz Kafka / Josef K
David Barrass Warder
Michael Bryant Advocate
Tatyana Colombo Leni
Kit Jackson Clerk
Matthew Marsh Warder
Bill Paterson Titorelli
Barrie Rutter Inspector
John Bennett Chaplain / Father
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