The Trial
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The Trial (1962)

PG
14/11/1963 (GB)
Crime, Drama, Mystery
1h 59m

The Most Remarkable Motion Picture Ever Made!

Overview

The surreal tale of an unassuming man who is accused of a never-specified crime and shambles through bizarre encounters to escape this nightmare.

  • Orson WellesDirector, Screenplay
  • Original Title

    Le Procès

  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    English

  • Budget

    $1,300,000

  • Revenue

    $94,243

Keywords

  • bureaucracy
  • based on novel or book
  • court
  • society
  • sexuality
  • paranoia
  • dystopia
  • fascism
  • surreal
  • surrealism
  • trial
  • confusion
  • judgment
  • hegemony
  • church
  • interrogation
  • courtroom
  • oppression
  • uncle nephew relationship
  • oneiric
  • discrimination
  • guilty conscience
  • power relations
  • hierarchy
  • painter as artist
  • accusation
  • legal system
  • judicial system
  • anxious
  • office worker
  • franz kafka
  • law
  • ambiguity
  • surrealistic
  • enigma
  • social absurdity
  • ambiguous
  • human & society

Top Billed Cast

Anthony Perkins

Anthony Perkins

Josef K.

Jeanne Moreau

Jeanne Moreau

Marika Burstner

Romy Schneider

Romy Schneider

Leni

Orson Welles

Orson Welles

Albert Hastler

Akim Tamiroff

Akim Tamiroff

Bloch

Elsa Martinelli

Elsa Martinelli

Hilda

Suzanne Flon

Suzanne Flon

Miss Pittl

Madeleine Robinson

Madeleine Robinson

Mrs. Grubach

Max Haufler

Max Haufler

Uncle Max

Max Buchsbaum

Examining Magistrate

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