Der Prozess - MusikTheater an der Wien at Kammeroper Wien

Movie Overview

‘Someone must have slandered Josef K, for one morning, without having done anything wrong, he was arrested.’ This is the famous opening line of Franz Kafka’s novel Der Prozess (The Trial). Gottfried von Einem’s opera of the same name also begins with this mysterious arrest. Josef K. suddenly finds himself in a world he cannot understand, faced with an accusation of which he knows nothing but which seems perfectly clear to everyone else and yet remains inexplicable; with an absurd court case that nevertheless follows strict rules; with an arrest that appears to have no effect on his life yet still leads to his death. Is Josef K. the victim of a conspiracy, or is his belief in a conspiracy the only chance of explaining an incomprehensible world?

Cast

Robert Murray

Josef K.

Anne-Fleur Werner

The woman

Alexander Grassauer

Franz / The factory owner / The priest

Timothy Connor

Willem / The lawyer

Leo Mignonneau

The inspector / The chief clerk of the court

Valentino Blasina

The student / Titorelli / 1st young man

Lukas Karzel

The court usher / The passer-by / 2nd young man

Philipp Schöllhorn

The examining magistrate / Uncle Albert / 3rd young man