The Trial (1962)
Le procès (original title)Reference View | Change View
- Not Rated
- 1h 59min
- Drama, Mystery
- 22 Dec 1962 (France)
- Movie
- 2 wins & 2 nominations.
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Cast verified as complete
Anthony Perkins | ... |
Josef K.
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Arnoldo Foà | ... |
Inspector A
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Jess Hahn | ... |
Second Assistant Inspector
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Billy Kearns | ... |
First Assistant Inspector
(as William Kearns)
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Madeleine Robinson | ... |
Mrs. Grubach
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Jeanne Moreau | ... |
Marika Burstner
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Maurice Teynac | ... |
Deputy Manager
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Naydra Shore | ... |
Irmie
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Suzanne Flon | ... |
Miss Pittl
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Raoul Delfosse | ... |
Policeman
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Jean-Claude Rémoleux | ... |
Policeman
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Max Buchsbaum | ... |
Examining Magistrate
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Carl Studer | ... |
Man in Leather
(as Karl Studer)
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Max Haufler | ... |
Uncle Max
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Romy Schneider | ... |
Leni
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Fernand Ledoux | ... |
Chief Clerk of the Law Court
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Akim Tamiroff | ... |
Bloch
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Elsa Martinelli | ... |
Hilda
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Thomas Holtzmann | ... |
Bert the Law Student
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Wolfgang Reichmann | ... |
Courtroom Guard
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William Chappell | ... |
Titorelli
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Michael Lonsdale | ... |
Priest
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Orson Welles | ... |
Albert Hastler - The Advocate / Narrator
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Guy Grosso | ... |
Josef K.'s Colleague (uncredited)
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Patricia Manning | ... |
Woman (uncredited)
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Paola Mori | ... |
Court Archivist (uncredited)
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Peter Sallis | ... |
Uncle Max (uncredited)
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Directed by
Orson Welles |
Written by
Pierre Cholot | ... | (adaptation and dialogue) |
Franz Kafka | ... | (based on the novel by) |
Orson Welles | ... | (written by) |
Produced by
Enrico Bomba | ... | producer (uncredited) |
Robert Florat | ... | associate producer |
Alexander Salkind | ... | producer (as Alexandre Salkind) |
Michael Salkind | ... | producer (as Michel Salkind) |
Music by
Jean Ledrut |
Cinematography by
Edmond Richard | ... | director of photography |
Editing by
Yvonne Martin | ||
Frederick Muller | ... | (as Fritz H. Muller) |
Orson Welles | ... | (uncredited) |
Editorial Department
Chantal Delattre | ... | assistant editor (uncredited) |
Roberto Perpignani | ... | assistant editor (uncredited) |
Gérard Pollicand | ... | associate editor (uncredited) |
Art Direction by
Jean Mandaroux |
Costume Design by
Helen Thibault | ... | (uncredited) |
Makeup Department
Louis Dor | ... | makeup artist |
Production Management
Robert Florat | ... | production manager |
Paul Laffargue | ... | assistant: director of production |
Emile Blondé | ... | assistant unit manager (uncredited) |
Philippe Dubail | ... | assistant unit manager (uncredited) |
Jacques Pignier | ... | unit manager (uncredited) |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Marc Maurette | ... | assistant director |
Sophie Becker | ... | assistant director (uncredited) |
Paul Seban | ... | assistant director (uncredited) |
Art Department
Jean Bourlier | ... | assistant art director (uncredited) |
Jacques Brizzio | ... | assistant art director (uncredited) |
Madame Brunet | ... | dresser (uncredited) |
Jean Charpentier | ... | upholsterer (uncredited) |
Francine Coureau | ... | upholsterer (uncredited) |
Jacques D'Ovidio | ... | assistant art director (uncredited) |
André Labussière | ... | set dresser (uncredited) |
Claudie Thary | ... | dresser (uncredited) |
Pierre Tyberghein | ... | assistant art director (uncredited) |
Sound Department
Jacques Lebreton | ... | sound mixer |
Guy Villette | ... | sound engineer |
Julien Coutelier | ... | sound (uncredited) |
Urbain Loiseau | ... | assistant sound (uncredited) |
Guy Maillet | ... | assistant sound (uncredited) |
Special Effects by
Denise Baby | ... | special effects editor (uncredited) |
Camera and Electrical Department
Adolphe Charlet | ... | camera operator |
Roger Corbeau | ... | still photographer |
Max Dulac | ... | first assistant camera |
Robert Fraisse | ... | second assistant camera (uncredited) |
Location Management
Guy Maugin | ... | location manager (uncredited) |
Music Department
Tomaso Albinoni | ... | composer: additional music |
Jean Ledrut | ... | music arranger (uncredited) |
Script and Continuity Department
Marie-José Kling | ... | script supervisor (uncredited) |
Additional Crew
Alexander Alexeieff | ... | creator: prologue scenes on "Pin-screen" (as Alexandre Alexeieff) |
Yves Laplanche | ... | promoter |
Claire Parker | ... | creator: prologue scenes on "Pin-screen" |
Jacques Pignier | ... | administrator |
Alexander Salkind | ... | presenter |
Jacques Brua | ... | accountant (uncredited) |
Sonia Bunodière | ... | production secretary (uncredited) |
Pierre Bénichou | ... | press attache (uncredited) |
Paul Bürks | ... | voice dubbing: William Chappell (uncredited) |
Henry Dutrannoy | ... | production administrator (uncredited) |
Florence Malraux | ... | press attache (uncredited) |
André Nicard | ... | publicist (uncredited) |
Gisèle Pellet-Collet | ... | production secretary (uncredited) |
Production Companies
- Paris-Europa Productions (Paris)
- Hisa-Film (Munich)
- Finanziaria Cinematografica Italiana (FICIT) (Rome)
- Globus-Dubrava
Distributors
- UFA-Cormacico (1962) (France) (theatrical)
- Union Générale Cinématographique (UGC) (1962) (France) (theatrical)
- Astor Pictures Corporation (1963) (United States) (theatrical)
- Europa Film (1963) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- Gala Film Distributors (1963) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Gala (1963) (Argentina) (theatrical)
- Schorcht Filmverleih Gmbh (1963) (West Germany) (theatrical)
- Suomi-Filmi (1963) (Finland) (theatrical)
- American-International Television (AIP-TV) (1968) (United States) (tv) (syndication)
- Sonoro Filme (1970) (Portugal) (theatrical)
- Films Independientes S.A. (1972) (Mexico) (theatrical)
- Mainostelevisio (MTV3) (1984) (Finland) (tv) (as MTV1)
- TV3 (1989) (Finland) (tv)
- NFM/IAF (1993) (Netherlands) (theatrical) (re-release)
- The Home Cinema Group (1995) (Australia) (video)
- The Roan Group (1997) (United States) (VHS)
- The Roan Group (1997) (United States) (video) (laserdisc)
- VCI Home Video (1998) (United States) (VHS)
- Fox Lorber (1999) (United States) (VHS)
- Alpha Video Distributors (2003) (United States) (DVD)
- Alpha Video Distributors (2004) (United States) (DVD)
- Reel Media International (2004) (United States) (VHS)
- Yleisradio (YLE) (2006) (Finland) (tv) ( 2015)
- DNC Home Entertainment (2007) (Italy) (DVD)
- Reel Media International (2007) (United States)
- Emerald (2008) (Argentina) (DVD)
- Sandrew Metronome Distribution (2008) (Finland) (DVD)
- Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (2008) (Germany) (DVD)
- Digital Media Rights (2011) (United States)
- Arthaus (2012) (Germany) (DVD)
- Bibliotheque (2020) (Greece) (theatrical) (re-release)
- Rialto Pictures (2022) (United States) (theatrical)
- Arthaus (2022) (Germany) (Blu-ray)
- Arthaus (2022) (Germany) (DVD)
- Arthaus (2022) (Germany) (Ultra HD Blu-ray)
- Paycom Multimedia (2010) (Spain)
Special Effects
- Lax (optical effects: Prologue)
Other Companies
- Warner / Chappell Music (music publisher)
- Philips (soundtrack)
- Optiphone (recording)
- Laboratoires Franay Tirages Cinematographiques (LTC) (laboratory)
- Screen Time Images (audio restoration)
- Screen Time Images (film restoration)
- Westrex Recording System (sound post-production)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
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 of this accusation and to protest his innocence, he tries to look behind the facade of the judicial system. But since this remains fruitless, there seems to be no chance for him to escape from this Kafkaesque nightmare.
Written by Joern Richts |
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Taglines | Orson Welles' Masterpiece. See more » |
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Parents Guide | View content advisory » |
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Box Office
Budget | $1,300,000 (estimated) |
Did You Know?
Trivia | In May '62, while filming, Jeanne Moreau suffered a slight nervous breakdown due to the stifling atmosphere of the film. See more » |
Goofs | When Josef K. follows Hilda being carried out of the large trial room/hall by the law student, he hastily grabs and throws on his suit jacket. In the succeeding scenes, the jacket's buttons which are buttoned change. See more » |
Movie Connections | Featured in The Queen of Sheba Meets the Atom Man (1967). See more » |
Soundtracks | Adagio D'Albinoni See more » |
Crazy Credits | The end cast credits are read over by Orson Welles without titles (though the actors are read in a different order from their listing on the screen). See more » |
Quotes |
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Narrator: Before the law, there stands a guard. A man comes from the country, begging admittance to the law. But the guard cannot admit him. May he hope to enter at a later time? That is possible, said the guard. The man tries to peer through the entrance. He'd been taught that the law was to be accessible to every man. "Do not attempt to enter without my permission", says the guard. I am very powerful. Yet I am the least of all the guards. From hall to hall, door after door, each guard is more powerful than the last. By the guard's permission, the man sits by the side of the door, and there he waits. For years, he waits. Everything he has, he gives away in the hope of bribing the guard, who never fails to say to him "I take what you give me only so that you will not feel that you left something undone." Keeping his watch during the long years, the man has come to know even the fleas on the guard's fur collar. Growing childish in old age, he begs the fleas to persuade the guard to change his mind and allow him to enter. His sight has dimmed, but in the darkness he perceives a radiance streaming immortally from the door of the law. And now, before he dies, all he's experienced condenses into one question, a question he's never asked. He beckons the guard. Says the guard, "You are insatiable! What is it now?" Says the man, "Every man strives to attain the law. How is it then that in all these years, no one else has ever come here, seeking admittance?" His hearing has failed, so the guard yells into his ear. "Nobody else but you could ever have obtained admittance. No one else could enter this door! This door was intended only for you! And now, I'm going to close it." This tale is told during the story called "The Trial". It's been said that the logic of this story is the logic of a dream... a nightmare. See more » |