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The Trial

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Movie
1962
1h 59m
English
Crime, Drama, Mystery
Josef K wakes up in the morning and finds the police in his room. They tell him that he is on trial but nobody tells him what he is accused of. In order to find out about the reason for this accusation and to protest his innocence, he tries to look behind the façade of the judicial system. But since this remains fruitless, there seems to be no chance for him to escape from this nightmare.
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Jeanne Moreau
Marika Burstner
Orson Welles
Albert Hastler
Suzanne Flon
Miss Pittl
Madeleine Robinson
Mrs. Grubach
Max Haufler
Uncle Max
Max Buchsbaum
Examining Magistrate
Arnoldo Fo
Inspector A
Jess Hahn
Assistant Inspector #2
Billy Kearns
Assistant Inspector #1
Maurice Teynac
Deputy Manager
Carl Studer
Man In Leather
Fernand Ledoux
Chief Clerk of the Law Court
Thomas Holtzmann
Bert the Law Student
Wolfgang Reichmann
Courtroom Guard
Directed By: Orson Welles
Written By: Orson Welles (Screenplay), Franz Kafka (Novel)

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drqshadow says...
4 years ago
Continuing my Orson Welles mini-kick with the film he considered to be his best. I found a lot to adore in The Trial, but just as much to furrow my brow over. The cinematography is stunning; full of visual metaphor and gorgeous photography, it's an unyielding show of moviemaking expertise. Welles plays up the bleak, "no tomorrow" nature of the exterior scenes, the structured chaos of the workplace and the hedonistic excess exhibited by the various stages of the trial itself, to great effect. The story, though, feels too flighty and imprecise for my taste. It should come as no surprise, being a translation of a Kafka novel, that this often feels surreal and confusing. The narrative continuously floats and sputters just beyond the grasp of understanding, like a moth delicately avoiding a set of flailing hands. The Trial’s premise may be established nicely during the opening scenes, but as the duration grows it becomes too ambitiously ambiguous for its own good.
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Maarten Delfgou says...
2 years ago
The original title of the film is Le procès.
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CaseyReese
one year ago
Joseph K seems perpetually panicked. He squeaks, shouts, cowers, and crows. He feels very guilty about something, but he can't imagine what it could be.

And, under the circumstances, who could fault him for acting so jittery? Men in trench coats have broken into his room, while he slept, to ques More
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CinemaSerf
one year ago
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 w More
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