Directed by:
Michael HanekeScreenplay:
Michael HanekeCinematography:
Jiří ŠtíbrCast:
Ulrich Mühe, Susanne Lothar, Frank Giering, Felix Eitner, Johannes Silberschneider, Paulus Manker, Martin Brambach, Monica Bleibtreu, Udo Samel (more)VOD (1)
Plots(1)
When a land surveyor heads of to an isolated community run by a political body known as "The Castle," he finds himself caught in a bizarre network of paperwork and a system of rule where logic and human decency are lost in the maze of the local authorities. (Artificial Eye)
Cast
![Ulrich Mühe](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/791/168791775_wnxeoy.png)
Ulrich Mühe
East Germany
Best movies:
The Lives of Others (2006)
The Woman and the Stranger (1985)
Das Buschgespenst (1986) (TV movie)
![Susanne Lothar](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/991/159991579_6fe88f.jpg)
Susanne Lothar
West Germany
Best movies:
The Reader (2008)
The White Ribbon (2009)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
![Frank Giering](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/147/172/147172600_9a765f.jpg)
Frank Giering
East Germany
Best movies:
Funny Games (1997)
Die Kirschenkönigin (2004) (series)
Gigantics (1999)
![Felix Eitner](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/471/159471790_1e29db.jpg)
Felix Eitner
West Germany
Best movies:
The Tunnel (2001)
Cherry Blossoms (2008)
Margarete Steiff (2005) (TV movie)
![Johannes Silberschneider](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/581/158581148_ffefcc.jpg)
Johannes Silberschneider
Austria
Best movies:
Anne Frank: The Whole Story (2001) (TV movie)
Comedian Harmonists (1997)
La Rébellion (1993) (TV movie)
![Paulus Manker](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/307/158307303_451e6c.jpg)
Paulus Manker
Austria
Best movies:
Lemmings, Part 1 - Arcades (1979) (TV movie)
Benny's Video (1992)
The People vs. Fritz Bauer (2015)
![Martin Brambach](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/761/168761275_84fug5.jpg)
Martin Brambach
East Germany
Best movies:
The Lives of Others (2006)
Comedian Harmonists (1997)
The Reader (2008)
![Monica Bleibtreu](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/311/160311848_584248.jpg)
Monica Bleibtreu
Austria
Best movies:
Run Lola Run (1998)
Four Minutes (2006)
Amen. (2002)
![Udo Samel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/581/158581120_1fc225.jpg)
Udo Samel
West Germany
Best movies:
The Seventh Continent (1989)
La Rébellion (1993) (TV movie)
Faraway, So Close! (1993)
![Dörte Lyssewski](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/453/159453151_0eec17.jpg)
Dörte Lyssewski
West Germany
Best movies:
Queen Margot (1994)
Neger, Neger, Schornsteinfeger (2006) (TV movie)
The Castle (1997) (TV movie)
![Nikolaus Paryla](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/562/159562548_c8fbf6.jpg)
Nikolaus Paryla
Switzerland
Best movies:
Clara Immerwahr (2014) (TV movie)
The Castle (1997) (TV movie)
The Crown Prince (2006) (TV movie)
![Branko Samarovski](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/585/159585337_4f2c42.jpg)
Branko Samarovski
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
North Face (2008)
The White Ribbon (2009)
La Rébellion (1993) (TV movie)
![Wolfram Berger](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/731/168731727_nktw8e.jpg)
Wolfram Berger
Austria
Best movies:
The Crack Connection (1987)
The Castle (1997) (TV movie)
Egon Schiele: Death and the Maiden (2016)
![Inga Busch](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/674/159674826_4ac8e6.jpg)
Inga Busch
West Germany
Best movies:
Eight Miles High! (2007)
Offroad (2012)
I'm Your Man (2021)
Hans Diehl
German Empire
Best movies:
Dreamland (2013)
The Castle (1997) (TV movie)
The Stranger in Me (2008)
![André Eisermann](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/778/160778128_5990af.jpg)
André Eisermann
West Germany
Best movies:
Schlafes Bruder (1995)
The Castle (1997) (TV movie)
Ludwig II (2012)
![Norbert Schwientek](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/932/160932963_897f14.jpg)
Norbert Schwientek
German Empire
Best movies:
Vitus (2006)
The Castle (1997) (TV movie)
Der Gehülfe (1976)
![Birgit Linauer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/729/166729332_34a03e.jpg)
Birgit Linauer
Austria
Best movies:
The Castle (1997) (TV movie)
Vienna Confidential (2019) (TV movie)
Tatort (1970) (series)
![Ortrud Beginnen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/759/162759485_2ca02b.jpg)
Ortrud Beginnen
German Empire
Best movies:
Martha (1974) (TV movie)
Attention, papa arrive ! (1991)
Einer von uns beiden (1974)
Otto Grünmandl
Austria
Best movies:
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance (1994)
The Castle (1997) (TV movie)
My Mother's Courage (1995)