Metamorphosis

February. 01,1987      
Rating:
7
Trailer Synopsis Cast

TV film of Steven Berkoff's stage adaption of Kafka's famous story in which a young man, who is the sole financial supporter of his family, awakes one morning in the form of a giant dung beetle and thereby becomes a nuisance to his family, who must now learn to rely upon themselves.

Tim Roth as  Gregor Samsa
Steven Berkoff as  Mr. Samsa
Linda Marlowe as  Mrs. Samsa
Gary Olsen as  Chief Clerk
Saskia Reeves as  Greta Samsa

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Reviews

Marketic
1987/02/01

It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.

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Breakinger
1987/02/02

A Brilliant Conflict

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Calum Hutton
1987/02/03

It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...

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Zlatica
1987/02/04

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

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