城堡
The Castle (Das Scholß)

奧地利Austria / 1997 / 123min / 35mm / Colour
德語對白，英文字幕 In German with English subtitles
演員 Cast：烏列謬希Ulrich Mühe, 蘇珊諾華Susanne Lothar

向來喜歡挑戰高難度的漢尼卡，大膽地將捷克著名作家卡夫卡未完成的遺作《城堡》拿來改編搬上銀幕，添加個人風格之餘又難得如實地忠於原著，保留小說的荒誕精髓，被喻為最出色的改編電影之一。被法庭委派到城堡進行勘察的K先生，未開工就遇上困難重重，受盡村民白眼不特止，更被有意無意阻止接近城堡，究竟葫蘆裡玩的是甚麼把戲？愈難愈堅執的K先生，百轉千迴都闖不進城堡半步，最終成為官僚主義下的人肉犧牲品。去年因胃癌英年早逝的德國影帝烏列謬希(《竊聽者》)，將受盡折磨的K先生演得入型入格。重溫舊作念故人，影迷們萬勿錯過。

The best any director can do with Kafka’s absurd, nightmarish and unfilmable works is find elements from them to incorporate into their own worldview, and Haneke did just about that. Land surveyor K. is invited to the Castle to do some work for the Court, but when he arrives at the Village, he finds that nobody is expecting him. K.’s attempts to get into the Castle are as unsuccessful as his attempt to settle into the local village. He is greeted by reluctance from the villagers, who prevent him from any prospects of even so much as approaching the castle. The harder the stubborn K. tries, the farther he moves from his goals. Using many of the same actors who feature in Funny Games, it presents an intriguing parallel to the director’s breakthrough feature film.