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Overview

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Director:
Orson Welles
Writers:
Franz Kafka (novel)
Orson Welles (screenplay)
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Release Date:
30 March 1963 (Italy) more
Plot:
An unassuming office worker is arrested and stands trial, but he is never made aware of his charges. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win more
NewsDesk:
(3 articles)
Exclusive: Shutter Island Picture
 (From EmpireOnline. 22 April 2009, 2:34 AM, PDT)

Adaptation of Franz Kafka's Amerika in development for 2009
 (From QuietEarth. 16 October 2008, 1:48 PM, PDT)

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The Most Visually Astounding and Utterly Disturbing Film more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Anthony Perkins ... Josef K.
Jeanne Moreau ... Marika Burstner
Romy Schneider ... Leni
Elsa Martinelli ... Hilda
Suzanne Flon ... Miss Pittl

Orson Welles ... Albert Hastler (The Advocate)
Akim Tamiroff ... Bloch
Madeleine Robinson ... Mrs. Grubach
Arnoldo Foà ... Inspector A
Fernand Ledoux ... Chief Clerk of the Law Court
Michael Lonsdale ... Priest
Max Buchsbaum ... Examining Magistrate
Max Haufler ... Uncle Max
Maurice Teynac ... Deputy Manager
Wolfgang Reichmann ... Courtroom Guard
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Der Prozess (West Germany)
Il processo (Italy)
The Trial (USA)
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Runtime:
118 min | USA:107 min (TV version : 1984)
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Optiphone) (source format)
Certification:
Canada:PG (Ontario) | Finland:K-12 (re-rating: 1981) | Finland:K-16 (original rating: 1963) | Portugal:M/12 | Argentina:13 | Australia:PG | Norway:16 | Sweden:15 | UK:PG | West Germany:16 (bw)

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Welles told Peter Bogdanovich in “This Is Orson Welles” that "there's not a single symbol" in “The Trial”. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Narrator: Before the law, there stands a guard. A man comes from the country, begging admittance to the law. But the guard cannot admit him. May he hope to enter at a later time? That is possible, said the guard. The man tries to peer through the entrance. He'd been taught that the law was to be accessible to every man...
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Movie Connections:
Version of Prosessen (1962) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
Adagio in G more

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41 out of 50 people found the following comment useful:-
The Most Visually Astounding and Utterly Disturbing Film, 29 April 2001
Author: findkeep from WASHINGTON

Never has any film reached down off its silver screen and shaken me as violently as did The Trial. I came out of my local art house quivering. Even now, as I write, I detect a hint of paranoia. I would go as far as to say Orson Welles' The Trial is the most frightening film I've ever beheld. Watching it for the first time it's safe to say I hated it. There were scenes that held me so close to the edge of madness, it was all I could do not to fly screaming out of the theater. Only afterwards, on the way home, did I realize that its ability to do so was what made the film so remarkable. Definitely a must see, but be forwarned.

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