Kafka

VHS, PG13, 105 minutes, PARAMOUNT

The year is 1919. the setting is Prague, Chechoslovakia, a shadow world of ominous alleyways and winding cobbled streets. Oscar. winner Jeremy Irons plays "Kafka", an insurance clerk and aspiring writer leading a staid and reclusive life - until his closest friend mysteriously disappears without a trace. A seductive co-worker (Theresa Russell) leads "Kafka" to a group of anarchists who speak of a "cover-up of monumental proportions" controlled from within a castle outside the city. Searching for the truth, Kafka ventures behind the castle's walls... and discovers a secret more terrifying than anything he ever imagined. In the tradition of "The Third Man", "The Lady Vanishes" and "Brazil", "Kafka" is a hypnotic, maze-like journey of nerve-jangling suspense. Directed by Steven Soderbergh ("Sex, Lies, And Videotape"). Co-starring Joel Grey, Ian Holm, Jeroen Krabbe, Armin Mueller-Stahl and Alec Guiness.