
The Trial
The Most Remarkable Motion Picture Ever Made!
The surreal tale of an unassuming man who is accused of a never-specified crime and shambles through bizarre encounters to escape this nightmare.
- Year: 1962
- Country: France, Germany, Italy
- Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Studio: Hisa-Film, Paris-Europa Productions, Finanziaria Cinematografica Italiana (FICIT)
- Keyword: bureaucracy, based on novel or book, court, society, sexuality, paranoia, dystopia, fascism, surreal, surrealism, trial, confusion, judgment, hegemony, church, interrogation, courtroom, oppression, uncle nephew relationship, oneiric, discrimination, guilty conscience, power relations, hierarchy, painter as artist, accusation, legal system, judicial system, anxious, office worker, franz kafka, law, ambiguity, surreal humor, surrealistic, enigma, ambiguous
- Director: Orson Welles
- Cast: Anthony Perkins, Jeanne Moreau, Romy Schneider, Orson Welles, Akim Tamiroff, Elsa Martinelli