The Trial Movie Review 1963

Expressionistic Welles adaptation of classic Kafka novella about an innocent man accused, tried, and convicted of an unknown crime in an unnnamed exaggeratedly bureaucratic country. Another Welles project that met with constant disaster in production, with many lapses in continuity.

Distribution

Tapeworm Video Distributors, 27833 Hopkins Ave., Unit 6, Valencia, CA 91355, Phone: (661)257-4904, Fax: (661)257-4820, Email: sales@tapeworm.com, URL: http://www.tapeworm.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 118 minutes.
Originally from French.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Order in the Court, Books to Film: Franz Kafka

Screenplay

Orson Welles

Cast

Anthony Perkins, Jeanne Moreau, Orson Welles, Romy Schneider, Akim Tamiroff, Elsa Martinelli

Cinematography

Edmond Richard

Director

Orson Welles

Music

Jean Ledrut

Other

Yvonne Martin, Orson Welles

Producer

Gibraltar Productions, Landau Unger