Arrested for an unnamed crime, Josef K. is trapped in a surreal bureaucratic maze where justice is unknowable and guilt is assumed.
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Anthony Perkins
Josef K.
Romy Schneider
Leni
Orson Welles
Albert Hastler
Akim Tamiroff
Bloch
Jeanne Moreau
Marika Burstner
Elsa Martinelli
Hilda
Suzanne Flon
Miss Pittl
Madeleine Robinson
Mrs. Grubach
Max Haufler
Uncle Max
Max Buchsbaum
Examining Magistrate
Director
Orson Welles
Screenplay
Orson Welles
Tagline
"The Most Remarkable Motion Picture Ever Made!"
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$1,300,000
Revenue
$94,243
Production
Hisa-Film, Paris-Europa Productions, Finanziaria Cinematografica Italiana (FICIT)
CinemaSerf
November 6, 2022
There is something really quite terrifying about the scenario in which "Josef K" (a career-best performance from Anthony Perkins, I think) finds himself in this rather sinister thriller. He is awakened one morning to find the police in his bedroom. He is arrested and told he is to stand trial. For what, you might think? Well, that's what he wonders too - and every effort he makes to establish just...
CaseyReese
February 8, 2023
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badelf
February 1, 2025
The Trial: Welles's Brilliant Exposition of Guiltless Guilt Orson Welles's "The Trial" exists in a lineage of dystopian narratives that includes Kafka's original text of the same name, George Orwell's "1984", and Terry Gilliam's "Brazil" film - all works that explore bureaucratic dehumanization and the absurdity of institutional power. If the first layer of the film reveals bureaucratic absu...
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