by Cinemensch: Andrew Levy
The Glory of Life is an age-old love story of family and disapproval. This beautifully filmed drama focuses on the relationship between writer Franz Kafka and Polish Zionist Dora Diamant. Kafka meets Dora in a Baltic seaside town where he is convalescing, and the two become a pair and move to Berlin. He is dying of tuberculosis and his parents, German Jews, disapprove of the relationship. With Dora, Kafka is able to experience an intimacy he’s never known in this tragic story of like minds and fierce devotion.
The film will be followed by comments and a Q&A with Professor Brian Goodman. Dr. Goodman is an assistant professor in the English Department of ASU, as well as a Faculty Affiliate at the Center for Jewish Studies.
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