The Glory of Life

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The Glory of Life

2024

1h 38m

Drama

Romance

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The ailing writer Franz Kafka meets Dora Diamant, a teacher, at the Baltic Sea. Despite their differences, they fall in love and begin a life together in Berlin.

Josh Bell

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Aug 18, 2026

The Glory of Life is most successful as a period romance, tenderly humanizing a figure whose name has become synonymous with literary surrealism.

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Frank J. Avella

The Contending

Jan 19, 2025

B-

..the love story is quite compelling thanks to the heartfelt performances of Sabin Tambrea and Henriette Confurius as Kafka and Dora. And the filmmakers capture the Weimar Berlin period with panache.

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Georg Maas

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Judith Kaufmann

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Henriette Confurius

Dora Diamant

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Franz Kafka

Manuel Rubey

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The ailing writer Franz Kafka meets Dora Diamant, a teacher, at the Baltic Sea. Despite their differences, they fall in love and begin a life together in Berlin.

Director: Georg Maas, Judith Kaufmann
Producer: Helge Sasse, Solveig Fina, Tommy Pridnig
Screenwriter: Georg Maas, Michael Gutmann
Production Co: Lotus Film, Tempest Film Produktion und Verleih
Genre: Drama, Romance
Original Language: German
Runtime: 1h 38m

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