The Insurance Man

Overview

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.

Directed by Richard Eyre

Top 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

T

Tessa Wojtczak

Christina

O

Oona Kirsch

Collecting Girl

Katy Behean

Beatrice

Tony Haygarth

Pohlmann

Sam Kelly

One-Legged Man

Richenda Carey

Tall Woman

Details