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The Trial (French: Le Procès) is a 1962 drama film written and directed by Orson Welles, based on the 1925 posthumously published novel of the same name by Franz Kafka. Welles stated immediately after completing the film: "The Trial is the best film I have ever made".
The Trial: Directed by Orson Welles. With Anthony Perkins, Arnoldo Foà, Jess Hahn, Billy Kearns. An unassuming office worker is arrested and stands trial, but he is never made aware of his charges.
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- Drama, Mystery, Thriller
- Orson Welles
- 1962-12-22
Director Orson Welles' surrealist legal drama The Trial (1962) is bizarre, hard to follow, and entertaining. The Trial is truly absurd and intense with a dreamlike quality.
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- Anthony Perkins
- Orson Welles
- Paris-Europa Productions
Joseph K, a young bank clerk, is awakened by a police inspector and two detectives who place him under arrest. Although he has committed no crime and has no idea of the charges, he finds himself being discussed and scorned by his neighbors, all of whom seem to know the details of his case.
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Unexpectedly, and utterly irrationally, the quiet and unassuming bureaucrat, Josef K, wakes up abruptly in the morning to the inexplicable and shocking sight of a suspicious high-ranking police inspector staring at him.