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The Trial
The Most Remarkable Motion Picture Ever Made!
The Most Remarkable Motion Picture Ever Made!
Crime, Drama, Mystery - 1962
The Trial
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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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Runtime:
119 min
Release date:
25 Aug 1962
Country:
FR, DE, IT
Languages:
English
Budget:
$1,300,000
Revenue:
$94,243
Awards:
2 wins & 2 nominations total

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
Though debatable as an adaptation of the Franz Kafka novel, Orson Welles's nightmarish, labyrinthine comedy of 1962 remains his creepiest and most disturbing work; it's also a lot more influential than people usually admit.
– Jonathan Rosenbaum,
Chicago Reader,
6 Apr 2007
fresh:
The blackest of Welles' comedies.
– Geoff Andrew,
Time Out,
9 Feb 2006
rotten:
At best, it is another demonstration of the camera vers atility of Mr. Welles; at worse, a further Kafka demonstration extending to the demanding medium of the screen.
– Bosley Crowther,
New York Times,
10 May 2005
fresh:
The Trial is splendid to look at and teeming with ideas about the individual, society, and of course, film itself.
– Amy Taubin,
Village Voice,
30 Oct 2002
fresh:
Above all a visual achievement, an exuberant use of camera placement and movement and inventive lighting.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
1 Jan 2000
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