The Glory of Life
6.5
Because of the power of love, the last year of Franz Kafka's life becomes his happiest. The well-known writer has never before been able to allow himself to experience intimacy, he suffers from tuberculosis and is dependent on his overbearing family. In the summer of 1923, he met Dora Diamant in the seaside resort Graal-Müritz on the Baltic Sea coast, where he is convalescing and she is working in a Jewish Volksheim. He is a man of world, the 14 years younger woman is from the deep East, he can write, she can dance. She has both feet firmly on the ground, he is always hovering a little above it. She embraces the indicative, he gets tangled up in the conjunctive. But the worldly wise Dora accepts him as he is. And he accepts her. Together they go to Berlin and when Franz's health deteriorates rapidly, to a sanatorium in Austria. They are granted a single year together until Franz Kafka's health deteriorates incurable. However their year together allows them to feel the glory of life.
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Henriette Confurius
Dora Diamant
Known for
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Transatlantic
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Franz Kafka
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Berlin Station
Babylon Berlin
Manuel Rubey
Max Brod
Known for
Corsage
High Society
Daniela Golpashin
Elli
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Freud
Leo Altaras
Paul
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Die Zweiflers
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Klaus Huhle
Dr. Hoffmann
Known for
What We Wanted
Kristian Nekrasov
Dr. Johann Kisch
Known for
The Day of the Jackal
The Bombing of Pan Am 103
Peter Moltzen
Karl Hermann
Known for
Berlin Calling
Luise Aschenbrenner
Tile
Known for
Fabian: Going to the Dogs
Alma Hasun
Ottla
Known for
The Tasters
Corsage
Mia Klein Salazar
Milena
No other roles listed
Michaela Caspar
Mrs. Kasulke
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Deutschland
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Judith Kaufmann Director · Georg Maas Director Michael Gutmann Screenplay
Worldwide gross $948K · First release March 14, 2024 · Produced in Austria, Germany
Box office
Worldwide gross
$947,881
Production
Tempest Film
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Lotus-Film
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Medienboard Berlin Brandensburg
Production
MV Filmförderung
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Filmförderungsanstalt
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ORF
Production
OFI
Production
Austria · Germany
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Original title
Die Herrlichkeit des Lebens
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German · Hebrew
Release dates
Germany · March 14, 2024
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Australia
October 22, 2025 · Premiere · The Jewish International Film Festival
May 13, 2026 · Physical
Austria
June 7, 2024 · Theatrical
Czechia
December 5, 2024 · Theatrical
France
November 20, 2024 · Theatrical
Germany
August 22, 2024 · Physical · DVD
Italy
October 31, 2024 · Theatrical
Lithuania
January 31, 2025 · Theatrical
Spain
July 20, 2024 · Digital · Movistar Plus+
Taiwan
September 17, 2025 · Premiere · World Ethnic Film Festival
October 9, 2025 · Theatrical
Ukraine
July 3, 2025 · Theatrical
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