'GIVE IT UP!'

'GIVE IT UP!'

2025
16m
10.0

10.0/10

2 votes

"THE STORY OF A MAN LOST IN TIME AND SPACE."

Overview

Loosely based on Franz Kafka’s short story, 'GIVE IT UP!' is a live-action animation odyssey through the confusion of life in the modern world. The narrative follows a lone salesman trapped in a timeless city, increasingly lost in his feverish dreams. Desperate, he races towards a train station as his last hope of escaping the city, encountering divine light, winding roads and the forces of bureaucracy. This deeply personal and referential work preserves Kafka’s absurd humour and pays homage to Weimar cinema of the 1920s, but also elevates the text to an existential meditation on authority, purpose and human helplessness.

Status: Released

Language: EN

Production Information

Production Countries
Austria Slovakia United Kingdom Germany
Spoken Languages
English

Quick Facts

Release Date July 5, 2025
Status Released
Language EN

Cast

Alexander Bigaliy
Alexander Bigaliy

MAN

Sholto Kerr
Sholto Kerr

SCHUTZMAN

Arseniy Makarov
Arseniy Makarov

MAN (additional)

Vladimir Makarov
Vladimir Makarov

MAN (additional)

Key Crew

Alexander Bigaliy
Director
Alina Turarbekova
Producer
Vladimir Makarov
Producer
Vikram Jayanti
Executive Producer
Alexander Bigaliy
Writer
Franz Kafka
Writer