The story of Franz Kafka's life from different perspectives. Presenting his difficult relationship with his domineering father Hermann, his deep friendship with Max Brod, and his various love affairs.
The first episode is about Kafka's friend Max Brod. He is a recognized writer, full of energy and ideas, but his biggest project is to achieve fame for his friend Franz.
The second episode focuses on Kafka's longtime fiancée Felice Bauer. She is Max Brod's cousin, whom Kafka only gets to know superficially. Without really knowing each other, they become engaged.
The third episode focuses on Kafka's strict and domineering father Hermann, to whom his son writes a merciless letter of accusation of more than 100 pages, which he ultimately never sends.
Episode four shows Kafka as a successful insurance lawyer, winning cases and valued by his superiors - a respect he does not return. For him, the comfortable job is a living hell.
The fifth episode is about Kafka's brief but intense relationship with Milena Jesenská. During a long afternoon in the Vienna woods, they go through all the phases of a passionate love affair.
The first half of the final episode focuses on the vacation of Kafka, in a beautiful town, which in his imagination is transformed into the dark and mythical village of his last novel, The Castle.
