巴拉巴诺夫以卡夫卡原作为蓝本，加上自己的理解与诠释，再配以华丽的配乐，独特的布景与服装，构成了一部妖气十足的《城堡》，并给出了一个可能的结局。

在核灾难后的世界。淡光双床全部破坏的风景。幸存的人类种植树木下的核冬天潮湿的酒窖。但不知何故，人的精神仍然可以看到某处新的，更好的未来的微光。下一代开始迈向新生活的步行路程。撰稿延Bertheau {} bertheau@mi-lab.fh-furtwangen.de

Assia lives in a small Russian village, populated by useless alcoholics. She sells eggs and alcohol to her neighbors, and everybody is happy. But one day, her hen lays a golden egg, and Assia may have a golden opportunity. Now her life becomes miserable, because of her jealous neighbors.

The protagonist finds out that some children were left behind in a sinking school, and is slowly driven mad as he tries to save them. A parable on the theme of the Last Judgment, numerous catastrophic events reveal a certain ambiguity in their origins, accompanied by the terrible suspicion that the things going on are some kind of a performance or theatrical production.