Kafka

Episode 1

Franz's friend, writer Max Brod, hopes to help Franz achieve fame, but Franz doesn't think much of Max's writing and isn't grateful for his help.

Episode 2

Although he hardly knows her, Franz gets engaged to Felice Bauer after inundating her with letters. How will their tenuous relationship work out?

Episode 3

Domineering Herman Kafka's fractious relationship with his son has stimulating effects on Franz‘s writing, especially after Franz's friend, Yitzhak Löwy, has a confrontation with Herman.

Episode 4

While expressing the horrors of bureaucracy in his writing, Franz becomes a particularly successful insurance litigator.

Episode 5

Writer Milena Jesenská recognizes Franz's genius in a way that only Max Brod has done so far. A passionate attachment could develop... if Franz doesn’t get in the way.

Episode 6

Riddled with tuberculosis, Franz meets his last great love, Dora Diamant, at a spa town. While his physical condition deteriorates, his creative vision flies.