The Insurance Man
1986•1h 16m•5.9•Released
DramaTV Movie
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.
Director
Richard Eyre
Writer
Alan Bennett
Languages
English
Studio
BBC
Cast
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
Production
Company
BBC
Producer
Innes Lloyd
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