The Castle (1997 Austrian film)

{{Short description|Film by Michael Haneke}}

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{{Infobox television

| native_name = Das Schloß

| image = The Castle 1997.jpg

| caption =

| director = Michael Haneke

| producer = Veit Heiduschka
Christina Undritz

| writer = Michael Haneke

| based_on = {{Based on|Das Schloss|Franz Kafka}}

| starring = Ulrich Mühe
Susanne Lothar

| music =

| cinematography = Jirí Stibr

| editor = Andreas Prochaska

| network =

| released = {{Start date|1997}}

| runtime = 123 minutes

| country = Austria

| language = German

| budget =

}}

The Castle ({{langx|de|Das Schloß}}) is a 1997 film by Austrian director Michael Haneke. It is an adaptation of Franz Kafka's absurdist 1926 novel released theatrically in Germany, The Czech Republic, Japan, Canada, and the United States, but first shown on television in Austria.