The Manuscripts' Secret History

S1 E1 · L'aventure des manuscrits

The Manuscripts' Secret History — Season 1, Episode 2: The Trial by Franz Kafka

Documentary104 min1 season, 4 episodes

Episode synopsis

Kafkaesque! This is the right word to describe this incredible, even miraculous, journey of the work of the Prague German-speaking writer. When Kafka died at 40 in 1924, he ordered his friend and executor Max Brod to burn everything down, although he had only published short texts …

About The Manuscripts' Secret History

This series retraces the origins and journeys of major European works of international significance, whose original manuscript has survived through the ages. Each film attempts to analyze an original manuscript as if it were a crucial clue, in hopes to reveal the secrets behind each work.

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