The Insurance Man
1986 | 76m | English
Popularity: 0.8 (history)
| Director: | Richard Eyre |
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| Writer: | Alan Bennett |
| Staring: |
| Franz, a young man, works in a dye factory in Prague. One day he notices a rash-like eczema, growing on his hands. All attempts to treat it with ointment fail, and the rash gradually spreads over his body. After complaining to the management he is laid off work; his relationship with his fiancee is affected. In an attempt to get compensation from his former employers he looks to insurance firm Assicurazion Generali, where he encounters an enigmatic clerk called Kafka. | |
| Release Date: | Feb 22, 1986 |
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| Director: | Richard Eyre |
| Writer: | Alan Bennett |
| Genres: | Drama, TV Movie |
| Keywords | kafkaesque |
| Production Companies | BBC |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 30, 2026 Entered: Apr 30, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Daniel Day-Lewis | Kafka |
| Robert Hines | Franz (young) |
| Alan MacNaughtan | Doctor |
| Trevor Peacock | Franz (old) |
| Jim Broadbent | Gutling |
| Hugh Fraser | Culick |
| Vivian Pickles | Lily |
| Bernard Wrigley | Workmen |
| Charlotte Coleman | Seamstress |
| Rosemary Martin | Miss Weber |
| Geoffrey Palmer | The Angry Doctor |
| Roger Hammond | The Fat Doctor |
| Benjamin Whitrow | Lecturer in Medical School |
| Tessa Wojtczak | Christina |
| Oona Kirsch | Collecting Girl |
| Katy Behean | Beatrice |
| Tony Haygarth | Pohlmann |
| Sam Kelly | One-Legged Man |
| Richenda Carey | Tall Woman |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Alan Bennett | Writer |
| Richard Eyre | Director |
| Ken Pearce | Editor |
| Nat Crosby | Director of Photography |
| Ilona Sekacz | Original Music Composer |
| Geoff Powell | Production Design |
| Janet Tharby | Costume Design |
| Shaunna Harrison | Makeup Artist |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Innes Lloyd | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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