Completed - ENGLISH - Drama, Fantasy, Crime - 118 minutes
Welles claimed that THE TRIAL was the best film he ever made. Rich with Welles’ trademark style, THE TRIAL is a visual feast. The icy black and white photography strikingly depicts the spider-and-fly games of an ineffectual man struggling against his inescapable fate.
Year of production : 1962 Director(s) : Orson WELLES Writer(s) : Franz KAFKA, Pierre CHOLOT Cast : Anthony PERKINS, Jeanne MOREAU, Romy SCHNEIDER Producer(s) : Alexander SALKIND (Paris Europa Production), Michael SALKIND (Paris Europa Production)
Based on the influential Franz Kafka novel, THE TRIAL is a paranoid masterpiece directed by Orson Welles (Citizen Kane, Touch of Evil). Josef K (Anthony Perkins – Psycho) is arrested, but has no idea what crime he is accused of. In order to find out what offence he is meant to have committed, and to protest his innocence, Josef K must go through the machinations of the judicial system, but he soon finds himself trapped in a dehumanised nightmare.
Country(ies) : FRANCE, ITALY
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