The Castle (1968 film)

{{other uses|The Castle (disambiguation)}}

{{Short description|1968 film}}

{{Infobox film

| name = The Castle

| image = Das Schloß 1968.jpg

| caption = Film poster

| director = Rudolf Noelte

| screenplay = Rudolf Noelte
Maximilian Schell

| based_on = The Castle
by Franz Kafka

| producer = Rudolf Noelte
Maximilian Schell

| starring = Maximilian Schell

| cinematography = Wolfgang Treu

| editing = Dagmar Hirtz

| music = Herbert Trantow

| studio = Alfa Film
Rudolf Noelte Filmproduktion

| distributor = Cinema Service International Filmverleih

| released = {{Film date|1968|09|04|df=yes}}

| runtime = 88 minutes

| country = West Germany

| language = German

| budget =

}}

The Castle ({{Langx|de|Das Schloß}}) is a 1968 West German film directed by Rudolf Noelte and starring Maximilian Schell, Cordula Trantow, Trudik Daniel and Helmut Qualtinger. It is based on the 1926 eponymous novel by Franz Kafka. The film won two German Film Awards. It was chosen as West Germany's official submission to the 44th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, but did not manage to receive a nomination.{{cite web | author = H. G. Pflaum | title = On the history of the German candidates for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film | publisher = German Films | url = http://www.german-films.de/en/germanfilmsquaterly/previousissues/topicalsubjects/focuson/thetindrum-alonevictor/index.html | accessdate = 2008-08-27 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://archive.today/20070813145148/http://www.german-films.de/en/germanfilmsquaterly/previousissues/topicalsubjects/focuson/thetindrum-alonevictor/index.html | archivedate = 2007-08-13 }}Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences It was also listed to compete at the 1968 Cannes Film Festival,{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/2664/year/1968.html |title=Festival de Cannes: The Castle |accessdate=2009-04-04|work=festival-cannes.com}} but the festival was cancelled due to the events of May 1968 in France.

The film's sets were designed by the art director Hertha Hareiter.